The History of Print

The history of peint 100-1400 AD China: The Technological Roots circa Woodblock printing 200 AD The earliest woodblock printed fragments are from China and consist of printed flowers in colours on silk. Believed to belong to the Han Dynasty before 220 AD Printing on dloth in China was adapted to paper under the influence of Buddhism, which mandated the circulation of religious text 1040 Movable type The system of printing and typography that uses movable components 1300 Woodblock printing comes to Europe soon after paper 1400-1600 Gutenberg and the Historical Moment in Western Europe The Gutenberg press 1453 Invented by Goldsmith from Germany invented the mechanical movable type, the first mass production printing machine. Often referred to as the most important In Renaissance Europe, the arrival of mass communication permanently altered the structure of society invention in the 2nd millennium 1473 First book published in English By 1500 almost 3000 printers were active, run by "master printers" who selected and edited manuscripts, determined the sizes of print runs and sold the works they produced Buck Se 1600 - 1800 The media beast matures First weekly newspaper 1605 published in Antwerp Aunb a The Athenian Mercury: Curfar, Fairuey s eot Worlds first magazine published in Germany circa 1690 Invented by author and actor from Germany - Alois Senefelder invented Lithography printing. The method of using plates to print text or quality artwork, a cheap way to publish plays Lithography 1796 1800-1950 Industrialists industrialise Invented by English Earl, the Stanhope press was the first book press made completely from iron. It was more powerful which led to deaner, sharper images Stanhope press 1800 1843 Invented by Richard M Hoe owner of a printing firm, a design that placed the type on a revolving cylinder, much faster than the old flatbed printing Rotary press press An inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface Offset printing 1870 Invented by a German watchmaker Ottmar Mergenthaler, it produces an entire line of metal type at once, hence line-o'-type thought to be the greatest advance in printing since the Gutenberg press 1886 Linotype 4 colour rotary press 1892 1907 Commercial silk printing Chester Carlson Invented by American Chester Carlson, the process of electro- photography, which produced a dry copy instead of a wet copy Electro photography (AKA Xerox) 1938 1950-2013 Digital printing is born 1951 Ink-jet printing Laser printing 1969 The first laser printer - IBM 3800 1972 Thermal printing Refers to printing digital media straight to canvas, no need for plates allowing for on-demand printing with short turnaround times Digital printing 1993 2013 3D printing technology could re-shape the world Originally invented in the 80's and patented under the description "system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed" - this seemingly new printing technology could be more influential on society than the original press itself Brought to you by: dbp DiscountBannerPrinting Sources: www.xerox.co.uk | www.telegraph.co.uk | aibob.blogspot.co.uk | www.hrc.utexas.edu | efastfacts.com | www.wikipedia.com