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Waste paper was first repulped and used as a material for papermaking. The birth of recycling.
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Movable type was invented in China by Pi Sheng, but because the Chinese characters did not lend themselves to the technique, the invention had little use in that country. Rather than an alphabet, the Chinese used thousands of "symbols." That made for a pretty difficult job in sorting their "type."
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Paper was first used in England.
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The earliest dated European woodblock print. It shows St. Christopher bearing the infant Christ.
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The earliest and first dated document printed from movable type in Europe. It is a 30-line indulgence granted by Pope Nicolaus V to those who donated money for the struggle against the Turks. This is attributed to Gutenberg.
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The 42-line Bible known as The Gutenberg Bible was completed by Fust and Schoeffer. This was the first major effort in Europe using movable type. Gutenberg started the work, then lost his company when he was unable to pay loans made by Fust.
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William Caxton brought the art of printing to England.
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Aldus Manutius introduced his famous series of classics. It was in these that the italic form of type was first used. These were history’s first "pocket books."
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The first printing was done in North America when Juan Pablos printed Manuel de Aldutos. Pablos is believed to have printed an earlier book but no trace of it has turned up.
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The first true English language newspaper, and the oldest existing newspaper, The London Gazette was published. The first 23 issues were called The Oxford Gazette. After the plague, when the Crown moved back to London from Oxford, the newspaper moved also.
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History’s first daily newspaper was established when Elizabeth Mallett issued The Daily Courant in England.
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Addison and Steele first issued The Spectator, considered to be one of journalism’s finest accomplishments.
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Edward Cave brought out his highly successful periodical, The Gentleman’s Magazine. This was the first publication to use the name "magazine" in its title.
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Konig built the first automatic printing press and installed it in the offices of The London Times.
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Samuel Bangs first set up his printing press on Galveston Island - making him the first printer in Texas. He was captured by the Mexicans and sent to Mexico City where he became that country’s public printer.
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William Pickering introduced his "Diamond Classics," the first books to be bound in bookcloth. Prior to this time, if you purchased a book from a printer, you got the folded signatures wrapped in paper. You would take these to your favorite bookbinder for binding.
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The first mass produced newspaper in America, The New York Sun, was issued. The publication sold for one penny, and thus the name, "the penny press."
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Ottmar Mergenthaler set up the first successful automatic typesetting machine in the offices of The New York Tribune.
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The introduction of the first Xerox machine.
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inkol.com opens its doors to provide inexpensive user-friendly solutions to easily publish information on the Internet.
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The Diamond Sutra, the first printed book, was printed. It is a roll sixteen feet in length and was the original form of Chinese book printing.
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