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Printing

By satchelhunt
  • Jan 1, 1300

    The first use of wooden type in China.

  • Jan 1, 1309

    Europeans first make paper.

  • Jan 1, 1452

    In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing. Gutenberg begins printing the Bible.

  • Jan 1, 1457

    First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer.

  • Jan 1, 1501

    Italic type first used.

  • First weekly newspaper published in Antwerp.

  • King James Bible published.

  • First papermill opened in the American colonies.

  • Web offset press can print on both sides of paper at once.

  • Paper is now mass-manufactured from wood pulp.

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

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    3d Printing Developed

    3D printing is developed and improved.

  • Thermal Printing Invented

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    First printing done in China using wood blocks