History of Printing
The history of printing: It is a field of history that describes the emergence of the printing press, its development and its changes over time. Below, historically important information is provided.
4th Millennium BC: Seal and stamp culture in Mesopotamia
593 AD: Printing with woodblock carving techniques in China.
700 AD: The first printed newspaper was published in Beijing.
9th Century AD: The first books were produced.
11th Century AD: Chinese inventor Pi Sheng developed a movable type system using porcelain letters.
1450 AD: Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with movable metal type in Europe, initiating the concept of mass production.
1843 AD: The first rotary printing press was invented by Richard March Hoe. This machine allowed for high-speed, continuous printing on paper rolls using a rotary system.
1810 AD: German inventor Friedrich Koenig developed the first steam-powered printing press in London.
1904 AD: Offset printing technology was invented by American Ira Washington Rubel. This technology involves transferring the print from a rubber cylinder to paper, rather than directly from the plate.
1938 AD: The foundation of digital printing began with Chester Floyd Carlson’s invention of electrophotography (xerography), a photocopying technology.
1906 AD: Color printing and the four-color (CMYK) system
1960s AD: The first computer-assisted printing applications, phototypesetting and electronic typesetting systems.
1969 AD: Laser printer
1981 AD: 3D printing
1982 AD: The first electronically printable computer file format: EPS (Encapsulated PostScript).
21st Century AD: Printing with nanoparticles instead of ink and toner, WebP computer file format and electronic circuit board printing.