The Printing Press

Koreans print books using movable type

Oct 13, 1241

The first use of wooden type in China

Mar 10, 1300

Europeans first make paper.

Sep 11, 1309

Chinese and Egyptians had already been making paper from the years previous.

First papermill opened in France.

Sep 11, 1338

First papermill opened in Germany.

Sep 11, 1390

Foundries that can produce bronze type are opened in Korea.

Sep 11, 1392

In Europe block printing is used to print books.

Sep 11, 1423

In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing

Sep 11, 1452

First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer.

Sep 11, 1457

Drypoint engravings invented by Germans

Sep 11, 1465

William Caxton begins using a Gutenberg printing press in England.

Sep 11, 1476

Intaglio is first used for book illustration for a Flemish book

Sep 11, 1477

First papermill opened in England.

Sep 11, 1495

Italic type first used

Sep 11, 1501

Mezzotint invented in Germany.

Sep 11, 1660

Embossed printing created by Louis Braille.

Sep 11, 1829

Electrotyping

Sep 11, 1844

Paper is now mass-produced from wood pulp

Sep 11, 1870

First comic book is published

Sep 11, 1904

Phototypesetting made practical

Sep 11, 1947

Creation in China

Mar 2, 2022

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

Diamond Sutra is Created

Mar 2, 2022