jan 1, 1819 - Rotary Printing press - Napier 1819 

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Paper is passed between two adjacent rows of cylinders containing the printing plate. Works in contrary to flatbed printing which printed onto a flat surface.  Primarily used in long printing runs for printing newspapers and was a very efficient method. These continuous print runs were limited by the strength of the paper or printing application and were capable of transferring up to 4 colours.

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