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1906 "accidental" invention of the
offset lithographic press
1930 first four-color offset
lithographic press
1948 first public demonstration of
Xerography
1954 first commercial "cold type"
phototypesetting machine
1985 "desktop publishing" is born:
Apple Macintosh; Adobe PostScript; Aldus Pagemaker; Linotype L300
imagesetter
1993 first digital offset presses
(Indigo E-Print 1000; Agfa Chromapress)
1993 first direct-imaging (DI) offset
press (Heidelberg GTO-DI)
1994 industry adopts computer-to-plate
(CTP) technology
1998 first "electronic book" reading
device (Rocket eBook)
2000 second-generation digital color
presses (Heidelberg NexPress; Xerox iGen3 FutureColor)
2005 e-inks; high-speed, wide-format inkjet
printers; "spray-on" lithographic image carriers; re-imageable
lithographic presses; remote proofing; CIM (computer integrated
manufacturing) workflows linking print production to MIS (management
information systems)
2009 e-paper for magazine covers, signage,
and e-reading devices (Amazon Kindle, etc.); digital inkjet presses; QR
codes linking print to the mobile Internet; sustainable ("green")
printing; reliable Web-to-print solutions for print procurement and
management
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