Printing Era By PassionJ 400 Block Printing Wei Tang perfected ink for block printing for lampblack Oct 18, 1494 First papermill Dec 31, 1535 First printing process In the new world was installed in Mexico Oct 20, 1638 First piece printed Oct 20, 1706 John Baskerville Oct 20, 1814 Cylinder press Oct 18, 1839 Photography Daguerre invented photography Oct 18, 1840 Paper Manufacturing Oct 18, 1883 Commericial halftone screen Oct 18, 1949 Apple Apple was published to typography Oct 19, 1949 Photomechanical Typesetting Oct 19, 1950 Commerical Scanner Oct 19, 1950 Digital Scanners Oct 18, 1970 Digital Printing Oct 21, 1975 CTP System Oct 21, 1980 interfaces Oct 21, 1993 ICC Oct 20, 2011 Thomas Bewick Oct 21, 2011 Washington Press