Printing Processes Timeline
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 16 oct 2017
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US Postal Service
issued stamp printed
with thermochromic ink.Indigo digital colour
printer introduced.3D-printing invented.
Typically done by laying
down many thin layers of
a material in succession.Water-based ink
invented.Laser printing invented,
produces high-quality
text and images.Dot Matrix printing invented.
Images are produced by pins
striking pins against an ink-ribbon
to make closely spaced dots.Inkjet printing invented,
became the most widely
used printer in the world.Screen printing invented.
Forcing ink onto a surface through
a fine screen to create an image.Offset printing for paper
invented in the US.Offset printing invented in
England for printing on Tin.
Inked image is transferred/offset
from a plate, to a rubber blanket,
then to the printing surface.Lithography invented.
Printing from a flat, treated
surface to repel ink except
where it’s required for printing.Printing in France made illegal
without royal permission,
carried the death penalty.Etching invented, using
acid to cut into unprotected
parts of metal.Coloured woodprint invented
in Germany, known as
chiaroscuro woodcuts.Printing begins in
Oxford University.Drypoint engraving invented
in Germany by the
Handbook Master.Crude woodcut prints
began appearing in Europe,
used thick lines and
minimal shading.Paper first used in England.Watermarks first used in
Italian-made paper,
created by changing the
paper’s thickness to create
a shadow or lightness
on the paper.Moveable type invented in
China by Bi Sheng during the
‘Northern Song Dynasty’,
wooden movable type abandoned
in favour of ceramic due to
wood grains & unevenness.Woodblock printing adapted
by China to mass-produce
classical books.Papermill established in Baghdad,
Chinese paper-making techniques
passed onto them, some mills were
powered by either humans,
animals or water.Amate, a beaten, paper-like
material made in
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica,
primarily used to create codices.Woodblock printing, earliest
example of printing.
Originated in China before
being brought to Japan and
Europe many years later.Papyrus, a paper-like material
used as a writing surface in
Ancient Egypt, made from the
tissue of a papyrus plant.Cuneiform.
A system of writing first
developed by the ancient
Sumerians of Mesopotamia,
made by pressing a stylus into
soft clay to make wedge-like imprints.Friedrich Koenig's steam
press developed, prints on
both sides of the paper at
the same time.Johannes Gutenburg
invents the printing press.Parchment, made of processed
animal skin, used as a writing
surface in Pergamon.Papermaking in Samarkand
(modern day Uzbekistan).Mezzotint, produces half-tones
without using line or dot-based
techniques.First known paper mill
in the US is openedNapier invents the
rotary printing press.
Images to be printed are
curved around a cylinder.First cast iron printing
press built by Lord Stanhope.First weekly newspaper
published in Antwerp, Belgium.First paper mill in
France opened.Books printed in Korea
using movable type.The 'Diamond Sutra' was
printed, was one of the most
influential Mahayana sutras
in East Asia.The first color printing
is produced by
Fust and Schoeffer.Stereotyping invented in
Scotland by William Ged,
was used widely in letterpress,
newspaper and other high-speed
press runs.Embossed printing is
invented by Louis Braille,
creates raised or recessed
relief images and designs.Electrotyping invented by
Moritz von Jacobi in Russia.
Done by electroplating a thin
shell of metal onto a mold, then
removing the mold and backing
the shell with metal.
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