Evolution of the Printer

By l.riley2
  • 3100 BCE

    Scribes

    Scribes
    Before printing presses, scribes were people who wrote as a living. Scribes have been dated as far back as ancient Egypt.
  • 1439

    The Gutenberg Printing Press

    The Gutenberg Printing Press
    The first printing press we know of is dated back to 1439 and was invented by Johann Gutenberg in Germany. It made printing books go much faster. However, individual printing blocks still had to be loaded to the print, and it had to be operated manually.

  • The Steam Printing Press

    The Steam Printing Press
    This was the first fully automatic press was powered by steam. This allowed the type bed to move up and down as well as side to side.

  • Fax Machines

    Fax Machines
    Fax machines transmit copies of documents by using the telephone network. The Xerox corporation was the first to introduce the fax machine commercially, the LDX (Long Distance Xerography). It could transmit a standard sized document in about six minutes

  • HP laserjet

    HP laserjet
    This printer was the first printer from HP. Also, it was the first laserjet. This printer made having a printer at an office or home more accessible .

  • 3D printers

    Scot Crump was the first to commercialize 3D printers. He founded his company stratasys.

  • Digital Photo Printers

    Digital Photo Printers
    Digital photo printer were to make large high quality prints such as artistic prints and posters.