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3000 BCE
Discovery Clay Tablets
But now a scholar studying ancient clay tablets suggests that the Babylonians got there first, and by at least 1,400 years -
Period: 3000 BCE to
The Begining and More to Come
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100
Chinese Produce First Sheets of Paper
The first papermaking process was documented in China during the Eastern Han period, traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun. -
150
Papermaking Begins in Europe
The first Europeans to make paper of their own were from the Kingdoms of Northern Spain early in the 12th century though the process was possibly still Oriental or Arabic in character. -
200
Carved Woodblocks
Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely -
200
Wood Blocks Used to print images and large capital letters
used to print images and large capital letter -
Feb 6, 1450
Moveable type story Moveable type with individual characters
The world's first movable type printing press technology for printing paper books was made of ceramic porcelain china materials and invented in ancient China -
Feb 6, 1456
Johannes Gutenburg First Printing press
Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith and businessman from the mining town of Mainz in southern Germany, borrowed money to invent a technology that changed the world of printing. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with replaceable/moveable wooden or metal letters in 1436 -
J.C.Le Blond Printing Process
The printing process involved using three different intaglio plates, inked in different colours -
Lithography
the process of printing from a flat surface treated so as to repel the ink except where it is required for printing. -
Friedrich Koenig Develops A Rotary Press
German inventor best known for his high-speed printing press -
Screened Photosensitive Metal Plate
Using the photo-sensitive metal etching technique, we are able to create a wide spectrum of custom products for industrial and commercial applications. -
US Develops Web Press
Rotary printing press helped revolutionize the printing industry due to its great speed and efficiency. -
Linotype Machine
The linotype machine operator enters text on a 90-character keyboard. -
Ira Rubel Develops Offset Printing
Rubel accidentally discovered that he could obtain better results with indirect printing using a blanket cylinder than with direct printing. -
Phototypesetting Is Introduced
a method of setting type, rendered obsolete with the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing software, that uses a photographic process to generate columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper. -
Digital Technology Replaces Printing Plates
Refers to methods of printing from a digital-based image directly to a variety of media. -
Improved Graphics Software
first software was written by Ada Lovelace in the year 1842 but was never created. -
Graphic Communications
These elements include symbols such as glyphs and icons, images such as drawings and photographs, and can include the passive contributions of substrate, color and surroundings.
