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Oct 13, 1241
Koreans print books using movable type
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Mar 10, 1300
The first use of wooden type in China
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Sep 11, 1309
Europeans first make paper.
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Sep 11, 1338
First papermill opened in France.
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Sep 11, 1390
First papermill opened in Germany.
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Sep 11, 1392
Foundries that can produce bronze type are opened in Korea.
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Sep 11, 1423
In Europe block printing is used to print books.
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Sep 11, 1452
In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing
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Sep 11, 1457
First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer.
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Sep 11, 1465
Drypoint engravings invented by Germans
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Sep 11, 1476
William Caxton begins using a Gutenberg printing press in England.
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Sep 11, 1477
Intaglio is first used for book illustration for a Flemish book
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Sep 11, 1495
First papermill opened in England.
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Sep 11, 1501
Italic type first used
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Mezzotint invented in Germany.
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Embossed printing created by Louis Braille.
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Electrotyping
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Paper is now mass-produced from wood pulp
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First comic book is published
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Phototypesetting made practical
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Creation in China
the first printing is done in China using ink on carved wooden blocks begins to make multiple transfers of an image to paper. -
Diamond Sutra is Created
