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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Basic timeline of printing

This post is a basic timeline of printing. There are 22 events listed below chronologically.

• 35,000: Hand stencils used on cave walls in Asia and Europe
• 3500 BC: Cylinder seals on clay documents in Sumer
• 1600 BC - 1046 BC (Shang dynasty): Seal printing used in China
• 3rd century BC: Seals used on pottery in China
• 220 AD: Woodblock printing on cloth used in China
• 7th century AD: Woodblock printing on paper used in China
• ~1040: Ceramic and wooden movable type invented by Bi Sheng
• 1346: Earliest color printing
• 1234: Metal moveable type used in Korea
• ~1439: Movable type printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg
• 1796: Lithography invented by Aloys Senefelder
• 1843: Rotary drum printing invented by Richard March Hoe
• 1875: Rotary offset printing press is invented by Robert Barclay
• 1890: Flexography introduced
• 1907: Modern screenprinting process invented by Samuel Simon
• 1938: Xerography invented by Chester Carlson
• 1968: Dot matrix printing released by Epson in Japan
• 1969: Laser printer invented by Gary Starkweather at Xerox
• 1971: 3D printer created by Johannes F. Gottwald
• 1984: Hot-melt inkjet printer introduced
• 1993: Digital printing is introduced
• 1998: Frescography invented by Rainer Maria Latzke

Source

Wikipedia: History of printing, 3D printing, Flexography, Offset printing, Movable type, Shang dynasty