The History of the Printer

  • Jan 1, 1476

    Gutenberg's Printing Press - England

    Gutenberg's Printing Press - England
    This was invented in the year 1476.
    The inventor of Gutenberg's Printing press was Johannes Gutenberg.
    The machine used the same materials used to make the woodblock printing, but instead of the wooden carved block he used steel letters.
    This was made to improve from the woodblock printing.
    Improvements to the product were to make the machine more industrialized
    The people at printing presses
  • LinoType Machine

    LinoType Machine
    This was invented in the year 1841.
    Ottmar Mergenthaler is the inventor of the Linotype machine.
    Steel was used to create the machine and paper to print out text.
    This machine was made to use the line casting method, which placed entire lines of print on the paper.
    The improvements to the machine was to the symmetrical column base and the light-acting keyboard.
    These were to help the machine thrive.
    The workers at newspaper companies.
  • Woodblock Machine

    Woodblock Machine
    This printer was invented in the year 618.
    The T'ang Dysnasty were the inventor of this printer.
    The materials used were silk, a block of wood and ink.
    This was originally by carving wooden blocks.
    The improvemmets to the printer was to make the machine have more force and faster.
    Those were the improvements to the machine so that papers could get out there faster.
    The Chinese and The Japanese were the first to use the method.