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The Frickin' Printing Press

By brom600
  • Jan 30, 1241

    Koreans print books using movable type.

  • Jan 30, 1300

    The first use of wooden type in China.

  • Jan 30, 1309

    Europeans first make paper.

    Europeans first make paper. However, the Chinese and Egyptians had started making paper centuries previous.
  • Jan 30, 1338

    First papermill opened in France.

  • Jan 30, 1390

    First papermill opened in Germany.

  • Jan 30, 1452

    In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing.

    In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing. Gutenberg begins printing the Bible which he finishes in 1456.
  • Jan 30, 1457

    First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer.

  • Jan 30, 1501

    Italic type first used.

  • King James Bible published.

  • Type-composing machine invented.

  • Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 4-page papers an hour.

    Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 4-page papers an hour. Diazotype invented (print photographs on fabric).

  • There are more radios than there are daily newspapers.

  • This was the worst year in decades as far as advertising revenues for newspapers.

    This was the worst year in decades as far as advertising revenues for newspapers. However, newspapers are moving into online internet versions.

  • T'ang Dynasty

    618 to 906: The first printing is done in China using ink on carved wooden blocks begins to make multiple transfers of an image to paper.

  • The Diamond Sutra is printed

  • News Articles

    All news articles will be online.

  • Books

    No more book printing.

  • Everything

    Everything news, books, and social media will be holographic.