105 invention of paper (China)
1041 invention of movable type (China)
1397 first text printed from metal type (Korea)
1455 Gutenberg's Bible (Germany): print becomes
a manufacturing process
1798 invention of lithography (Germany)
1814 first stream-driven mechanical press (England)
1879 invention of gravure (Austria)
1885 first commercial halftone illustration in
a newspaper (New York City)
1886 Linotype: first successful automated typesetting
machine (New York City)
1893 first color-separated and screened halftone
image (Philadelphia)
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