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Jul 19, 868
Introduction To Printing
Chinese monks invent the first kind of printing in which they spread ink on a wooden block and "paste" it on a piece of paper, also known as the block printing method. Invented during the Tang dynasty in China, it later spread and eventually revolutionized in Japan, Korea, and Europe. It was first tested while making "The Diamond Sutra," an ancient Buddhist text.
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Jul 19, 1000
The First Movable Woodblock Printer
It was invented by a Chinese peasant, Bi Sheng. It was the first movable type ever created and Sheng invented over a hundred characters and a unique ink to go along with the printer. The machine could print hundreds of document copies at a time.
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Jul 19, 1300
More Characters
A Chinese government official, Wang Chen, (Yuan Dynasty) created a new set of movable characters from wood. this type didn't spread and was not popular in its place of origin.
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Jul 19, 1440
"En Masse" Movable Printing Press
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg of Europe, the machine allowed for books to be printed in bulk rather than handwritten one by one. The printing press soon spread to every major city due to its mobility. The printing press was made of wood so it decayed, but Gutenberg's printing press revolutionized culture all around the world in the 1400's.
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Jul 19, 1440
Xylography
Between the 1440's and 1450's European texts were made through the xylography printing process which was similar to that of the woodblock printing method by the Chinese monks in 686. However, it took time to print out books so extremely few people owned books because they were so rare and expensive.
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Jul 19, 1452
Metal Plates
Europe begins to use metal plates to copy their information including the bible which gets printed in 1456.
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Jul 19, 1465
Dry-point Engravings
The first dry point engraving are created by the Housebook Master. He was a south German artist. This specific technique involved an image being incised into a copper plate with hard-pointed needles of either sharp metals or diamonds. This is established in the print shop of John and Wendelin Speler.
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Jul 19, 1507
Cchiaroscuro Woodcut
A new technique formed by Aldus Manutlus. Making drawings now involved two or more blocks in different colors. Many Italians started out by doing this and later this technique spread leading to the creation of the famous drawing, the Diogenes.
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Cristophe Plantin
Plantin invents the facsimile which is a reproduction of an old book, transcript, manuscript, map, art, etc. The equipment used in his remakings of older art established his position and famousness in today's modern society.
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Jakob Christof Le Blon
Jakob Christof Le Blon, a german engraver/painter, produces the first work with many different colors including blue, red, yellow, and later black (lines). His technique produced a foundation for modern color printing.
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An Iron Frame
CharlesSstanhope creates the first printing press that has an iron frame rather than a wooden one used in every printing press before his. The iron frame allowed for faster, more durable and larger-scaled printing. His idea and invention was improved upon through out the years leading to a whole new world of printing. His shop still exists today.
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Lithographic Rotary Printing Press
The Lithographic Rotary Printing Press was created by an American inventor, Richard March Hoe.His model was placed on a revolving cylinder, eliminating the flatbed, which sped up the process of printing immensely.
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Photogravure
Photogravure was created in 1878 by a Czech painter who went by Karel Klíč. His process was able to faithfully and accurately recreate and produce a detailed and continuous form of photographs.
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Linotype
Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the Linotype in 1886. With this technique/ machine, a printing operator could exchange letters and texts by using a 90 character keyboard. This machine would output texts as slugs, a metal type of lines.
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Silk Printing Screen
An Englishman, Samuel Simon, receives a patent for his new silk fabric printing screen. Soon this fabric is used in other products aside form form printing presses. He set a foundation for printing techniques still used today in room decoration along with clothes and fabric images.
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Xerography
Xerography is a dry-photocopying technique that's invented by Chester F. Carlson. Powder of black or colored ink is left on the surface which causes an electric charge when in contact with light. A company was later created, named Xerox, which commercialized technology and specifically promoted this type.
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Apple Laser Writer
Steve Jobs creates the Apple Laser Writer. This computer has an output typesetter quality which allows the printing of better quality paper and images of what shows up on the paper with the ink.
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Inkjet And Laser Printers
These new modern printers can scan, print, save, copy, and exchange cartridges with incredible speed and more efficient. This is less messy and has a higher quality of images and printing. Ink is expensive but printers are more widespread and cheaper. Mnay companies use laser and inkjets because of the lower cost and large production rate, along with its involvement in advanced technology and files.
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