the Development of Printing

the Development of Printing

a presenta

tion

by roy

what

PRINTING?is

what

PRINTING?is

The art process of

impressing characters or figures

on any surface

We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...

We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...

We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...

We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...

We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...

WOODBLOCK PRINTING

200 AD

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Chinese Monks

 Images are produced by direct impression of an

inked raised surface against

paper

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Ukio-eJapanese woodblock prints

Earliest known printed book

DIAMOND SUTRA

MOVABLE11th century

TYPE

Bi Sheng Song Dynasty

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Separate

ready-made characters that can be

arranged in the correct order and then reused

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Separate

ready-made characters that can be

arranged in the correct order and then reused

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

INCOVENIENT

Why?

The Chinese script HAS OVER

50 thousandcharacters

FIRST METAL MOVABLE TYPE

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Koreans

JikjiEarliest known book printed

from movable type

INTAGLIO PRINTING

1430s

Germans

•WHO INVENTED IT?

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Printing is done from ink that

is recessed on the metal plate.

PRINTING PRESS1439

Johannes

Guttenberg

Guttenberg was a man of many disciplines

He was a...

Blacksmith

BlacksmithEngraver

BlacksmithEngraverPrinter

BlacksmithEngraverPrinterInventor

BlacksmithEngraverPrinterInventorrevolutionist

Uses mechanical pressure to transfer an image to a

surface.

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Uses mechanical pressure to transfer an image to a

surface.

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Employs the movable type

IncunabulaPrinted

books which can be dated

before 1501

42-line BibleFirst book printed using the

printing press

Revolution

Printing

Printing spread in

EUROPE

bOOKPRODUCTION

increased

ON

E-

HA

LF

ReligiousTexts

OTH

ER

SEncyclopaediasPamphletsEpistles

Vatican Library

Vatican Library

Pope Nicholas V

Housed most of the printed texts

Protestant Reformation

Challenged

the Roman Catholic

Church

DISSOLUTION of

MONASTERIES

 Pamphlets flews in all directions

printing presses fed

and fanned the flames.

PROPAGANDA

Lithography1796

Lithography1796

Lithos = stone

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Alois

Senefelder

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Operates on the idea

that water repels oil (ink)

Grease crayon

Rotary Printing Press

1843

Steam powered

•WHO INVENTED IT?

RICHARD

MARCH

HOE

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Ink is applied to the paper

via a

rotating cylinder

Efficient for continuous rolls of

paper

Linotype machine

1886

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Ottman

mergenthaler

uses metal molds of an

entire line of print

rather than individual molds of each letter or

character

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

Lines and phrases instead of individual letters.

Screen printing1907

•WHO INVENTED IT?

Samuel

simon

• HOW DOES IT WORK?

a sharp-edged print is created by

using a

stenciling technique

Modern printing

Dye-sublimation printer

photocopier

Laser printer

Dot matrix printer

Inkjet printer

3D PRINTER

The

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