printing devices By jaden12345698752 1495 The first paper mill opened in England. 1800 Iron printing presses are invented. 1819 The rotary printing press is invented by David Napier. 1829 Embossed printing is invented by Louis Braille. 1841 The type-composing machine is invented. 1844 Electrotyping is invented. 1846 The cylinder press is invented by Richard Hoe; it can print 8,000 sheets per hour. 1863 The rotary web-fed letterpress is invented by William Bullock. 1865 The web offset press can print on both sides of the paper at once. 1878 Photogravure printing is invented by Karl Klic. 1886 The linotype composing machine is invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. 1890 The mimeograph machine is introduced. 1891 Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 four-page papers per hour. Diazotype--in which photographs are printed on fabric--is invented. 1892 The four-color rotary press is invented. 1904 Offset lithography becomes common, and the first comic book is published.