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timeline of printing
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Aaron Leach
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12 Oct 2017
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One of the earliest known writing systems called cuneiform developed in Sumer also known as Iraq. Wedge shaped marks were made on clay tables
A writing material is created called papyrus from a papyrus plant is used as a writing surface
A beaten paper like material made in pre- Columbian Mesoamerica
the production of paper making in Samarkand or known Uzbekistan in the modern day
Chinese printers make wood printing blocks to start the production of books
the first movable typing device is created in China
the first ever paper mill is created in
the first ever paper mill is created in
in 1298 Marco Polo first reported seeing the printing of money on paper in China
in 1309 paper was used for the first time
wood block printing was used for the first time
in the 1430s engraving came around first being used for plates it was also combined with drypoint to print
1478 - printing first begins at oxford university (United Kingdom)
first paper mill built in England
printing in France is banned without royal permission under new law stating if broken the death penalty would be used
Shakespeare’s first book is published being called “first folio”
first book has been printed in America being named “the bay psalm book”
the first news paper England has been created being named “ the daily courant”
the first English dictionary is printed by Samuel Johnson
composition ink rollers developed in London replacing ink balls
George clymer developed the columbian printing press, this was a cast iron hand press featuring a lever
in 1844 the rotary letter press is developed
in 1856 the first paper folding machine is invented
in 1933 penguin paperback books are founded / mass book burning carried out in nazi Germany
Xerography or also known as photocopying is developed in New York
in 1951 inkjet printing is developed
in 1959 xerographic office photocopying is introduced
in 1970 water based ink is introduced
in 1985 a huge amount of printers are created some including the apple LaserWriter printer and the microtek white scanner
book printing begins to decrease as the rise of the Amazon kindle is introduced by amazon
the us postal service makes a stamp with termochromic ink which changes in certain temperatures
