timeline printing

By staceypollard
  • Oct 20, 1450

    hand set composition

    hand set composition
    Hand set composition is produced with individual metal characters assembled into lines using a composing stick much as Gutenberg did in 1450.
  • Oct 24, 1460

    the earliest known book-using

    the earliest known book-using
    The earliest known book-using woodcuts was printed by Albrecht Pfizer in Bamberg, Germany about 1460.
  • Oct 19, 1494

    the first paper mill

    the first paper mill
    The first paper mill in England was built in 1494.
  • Oct 19, 1535

    the first printing press

    the first printing press
    The first printing press in the new world was installed in Mexico in 1535.

  • the first printed

    the first printed
    The first printed on the new press was the Freeman’s Oath in 1639.

  • the first ink factory

    the first ink factory
    The first ink factory was established in America in 1742.

  • paper manfacturing

    paper manfacturing
    Paper manufacturing from mechanical groundwood pulp was introduced in 1840.

  • the first steam press

    the first steam press
    the first steam press for lithography was invented in France in1850.

  • the first web press

    the first web press
    An American, William bullock also developed the first web press, in 1856.

  • bisulphite of lime

    bisulphite of lime
    Bisulphite of lime came into use about 1866.

  • the first decorating offset

    the first decorating offset
    The first use of the offset principle by lithography was for metal decorating about 1875.

  • a device for folding

    a device for folding
    A device for folding the papers as they came from the press was added in 1875.

  • the first typesettting machines

    the first typesettting machines
    the first typesetting machines functioned satisfactorily; none were sufficiently practical for commercial operation until the invention of the Linotype by Omar Mergenthaler in 1886.

  • the first color printed

    the first color printed
    The first color process work was printed successfully in 1893.

  • the first toner

    the first toner
    The first toner was developed for electrophotography in 1938.

  • web presses

    web presses
    Web presses are used almost exclusively by gravure and have been a dominant factor in lithographic printing since 1954

  • the first plate

    the first plate
    The first plate less digital printing system was ink-jet introduced in 1970.

  • digital printing

    digital printing
    digital printing started in 1970 with the introduction of ink-jet printing, followed by electro photographic laser printers in 1978

  • digital scanners

    digital scanners
    Digital scanners were introduced in 1982.

  • the first coatings

    the first coatings
    The first coatings on anodized aluminum for process color printing became available in 1990.