The History of

(Printing)

The history of printing in its broadest sense can be said to go back to the duplication of images by means of stamps in very early times. After the invention of press and some methods of printing, books, newspapers and magazines began to be printed quickly and cheaply.

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The first printing is done in China.

German Johannes Gutenberg invents movable type

The first use of wooden type in China.

Gutenberg prints his first book, a Latin Bible

William Caxton using a Gutenberg printing press produces the 1st book printed in English

First weekly newspaper published in Antwerp

The Gentleman's Magazine, considered the first modern magazine, is published in England

Hipolito Jose da Costa Furtado de Mendonca creates, in London, Correio Brasiliense, the first Brazil-ian newspaper

German A. Senefelder develops lithography, a method of image transfer that produces high-quality printed images

Rotary printing press invented by Napier

Cylinder press invented. It can print 8,000 sheets an hour, which allows publishers to increase circulation

Linotype composing machine invented by Ottmar Mergen-thaler. This is regarded as the greatest advance in printing since the development of moveable type 400 years earlier

4-color rotary press invented

Commercial silk screening invented

The number of daily newspapers increased until this time - when there were more than 2,000 in circulation

Williams Marris estab-lishes the Kelmscott Press to improve the high

The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded

Typesetting is introduced in newspapers and magzines. Texts and pictures are produced on glossy paper, assembled by hand and photographed. Televi-sion contributed to the decreased in the number of papers

With the computerization os newspaper companies, all stages of production bacome digitized. The texts are drafted in desktop publishing

The filmless system allows the recording directly on the printing cylinder. Reporters could send news from around the world almost instantly using laptops and modems.

Amazon's e-books sales exceed 15% in paper books and newspapers betting on tablets to increase sales

Esquire debuts as the first men's magazine

Time magazine debuts

Erbauliche Monaths-Un-terredungen considered the world's first magazine, is published in Germany

Pope Paul IV issues the Index of Forbidden Books, which lists books the Catholic Church considers dangerous to morols

First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer

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