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Around 1040, the first known movable type system was created in China by Bi Sheng.
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The first illustrartions in books were made in 1460 by Albrecht Pfister
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William Caxton brought printing to England in 1476. This was big deal because now England is a huge printing country.
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In 1476 William Caxton brought his press to Westminister and developed The Canterbury Tales and Fables of Aesop.
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The first printing press in the new world was installed in 1535
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The first printing press in the British Colonies made its appearance in Massachusetts in 1638.
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The first printed piece on the new press was The Freeman's Oath in 1639
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William Caslon was destined to change the appearance of English printing through a new typeface.
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John Baskerville was known as the father of pritining in England.
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Benjamin FRanklin had his own printing office and became the publisher of the Pennslyvania Gazette by 1732
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Rotary drum printing was invented by Richard March Hoe in 1847.
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Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. 1870.
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The modern screen-printing process originated from patents taken out by Samuel Simon in 1907 in England.
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Raffe's Graphic Design, published in 1927, is considered to be the first book to use "Graphic Design" in its title.
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Digital imaging for platemaking started with laser platemaking about 1975.
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Color electronic laser printers started in 1990.
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The first known written language was hieroglyphics by the Egyptians.
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Man’s earliest attempt at a written language dates back 30,00 years ago, which were wall drawings called pictographs
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From 618 through 907 wood blocks were cut to print textiles and later reproduce Buddhist texts.
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A Buddhist scripture printed in 868 is the earliest known printed book.
