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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000906318-09-000032.txt : 20090310
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090310100516
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000906318-09-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090306
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090310

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CLARKE F DAVID III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001189854

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11699
		FILM NUMBER:		09668027

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11800 LYRAC COURT
		CITY:			OAKTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22124

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STANDARD REGISTER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000093456
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS [2761]
		IRS NUMBER:				310455440
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 ALBANY ST
		CITY:			DAYTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45401
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5134341000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 ALBANY STREET
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1167
		CITY:			DAYTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45401-1167
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-03-06</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000093456</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>STANDARD REGISTER CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001189854</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CLARKE F DAVID III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>11800 LYRAC COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OAKTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22124</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-03-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>219.78</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.55</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>16870.06</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>35000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Clarke-Hook Corporation</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5096</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Purchased under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">35,000 of the common shares are directly owned by Clarke-Hook Corporation.  F. David Clarke, III is a shareholder of and Chairman of the board of directors of Clarke-Hook Corporation.  This filing shall not be deemed as an admission that F. David Clarke, III is for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of these shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gerard D. Sowar, by power of attorney for F. David Clarke, III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-03-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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