history of printing

the definition of print making is "the art technique of making, prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraph 

the history of printmaking goes right back to the duplication of images by means of stamps in very early times The use of round seals for rolling an impression into clay tablets goes back to early Mesopotamian civilization before 3000 BCE

168 to 906 
one of the early types of printing wood block printing invented in china which was created around 618 to 906, this technique was created during the T'ang dynasty and was one of there most notable inventions. wood block print making is the process of putting ink onto the wood block with a patten of image carved into it the pressed onto paper leaving a print, by doing this they were able to create the first full length book 

1241
in 1241 korea have developed movable cast metal which they also used to print books 

1300
wooden movable type printing first developed in china, abandoned in favour of clay movable type 

1392 
Korea opens it foundries that can produce bronze casting 

1423 
block printing reaches Europe from china, we then use this technique to produce books 

1452
Europe begins using metal plates for printing, using movable metal type then Gutenberg prints the bible which he finishes in 1456 

1457
the first book printed in more than one color

1660
Germans invent the mezzotint technique 

1725
stereotyping invented in Scotland by William Ged wherein a whole page of type is cast in a single mold to create a printing plate 

1800
the first iron printing press built in Britain made entirely of cast iron 

1819 
the first rotary printing press invented by Napier which is the first rotary printing press 

1829
Louis braille invents embossed printing

1841 
type machine has been invented for fast printing onto paper 

1844
electro typing has been invented 

1846 
an american inventor named Richard hoe designed an improved printing press that can print 8,000 sheets an hour 

1863 
rotary fed letter press invented by William bullock 

1886 
German inventor ottomar mergenthaler invented the first device that could easily and quickly set set complete lines of type for use in printing presses 

1890
mimeograph was introduced 

1892 
4-color tray press invented 

1904
off set lithography is being commonly used to produce posters, maps, books, newspapers, and packaging

1907
commercial silk screen printing has been developed 

1938 
american inventor named Chester Carlson invented a dry printing process called electrophotography, commonly called xerox 

1953
Remington-rand developed the first high speed printer for the use of a Univac computer

1955
xerox produces the first automatic xerographic printer 

1965 
SATO introduced the first thermal transfer bar code printer 

1969
american engineer and inventor Gary Keith Starkweather invented a laser printer based on a modified xerographic copier 

1970s 
printers that could reproduce digital images generated by computers were developed

1996 
the first major release of 3D printers takes place 

2007
first iPhone released giving less reason for printing to exist 

2011 
first under $1000 3D printer released by rolan 

2012
imaging supply sales decline as there is less use for printing as people have increased using tablets and smart phones