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1495
The first paper mill opened in England.
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Iron printing presses are invented.
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The rotary printing press is invented by David Napier.
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Embossed printing is invented by Louis Braille.
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The type-composing machine is invented.
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Electrotyping is invented.
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The cylinder press is invented by Richard Hoe; it can print 8,000 sheets per hour.
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The rotary web-fed letterpress is invented by William Bullock.
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The web offset press can print on both sides of the paper at once.
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Photogravure printing is invented by Karl Klic.
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The linotype composing machine is invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler.
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The mimeograph machine is introduced.
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Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 four-page papers per hour. Diazotype--in which photographs are printed on fabric--is invented.
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The four-color rotary press is invented.
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Offset lithography becomes common, and the first comic book is published.