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China creates it's first printing press from carved wood to paper.
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People of Europe first make paper after the Chinese and Egyptians.
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The first papermills open in France in 1338, and Germany in 1390.
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Europe uses block printing to print books.
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Gutenberg invents a groundbreaking machine that allowed people cheaper access books and printing material.
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Europe starts using metal plates for printing.
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After the Germans invented the printing press, the first Italian printing press starts work near Rome by two Germans.
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Printing presses are set up in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain.
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As of 1500, over eight million books have been printed.
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The first weekly newspaper gets published in Antwerp.
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King James publishes the Bible.
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In Cambridge Massachusetts, the first American printing press is created.
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Stereotyping is invented by the Scottish.
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Richard Hoe invents the cylinder press.
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The use of reel-fed rotary presses is used successfully.
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Paper made from wood pulp is manufactured.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler demonstrates his first linotype machine to American newspaper owners.
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Tolbert Lanston demonstrates his monotype typsetting machine.
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Diazotype is invented, printing presses now print 90,000 4-page papers every hour.
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"The Times" becomes first national newspaper to be set completely by photographic typesetting.
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