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Looking back to the past will give you a feeling to appreciate something more deeply but knowing the processes and the struggles that a certain idea or advancement experienced before it came to what it is today. Printing is one of the best discoveries in our history. It made human activity easier and facilitated creation of designs and personalized touches by using the printer and its printer ink cartridges. Here is a short timeline of the history of printing.
618-906
The first printing activity was done in China during the Tang Dynasty. Ink was used to transfer multiple images into paper. The ink was applied to carved wooden blocks then paper is placed above it to embed the images.
868
The Diamond Sutra was printed.
1241
Using movable type printing device, Koreans printed their books.
1300
China used the first wooden type printing device.
1309
Although the Chinese and Egyptians already created papyrus or paper, Europeans created their own paper.
1338
In France, the first paper mill was established.
1423
Block printing was used to print books in Europe.
1452
Metal plates were used to print books. The Bible was printed in Gutenberg which was then finished in 1456.
1457
Fust and Schoeffer used the first colored printing.
1501
The Italic printing was first used.
1819
Napier invented the rotary printing press.
1829
Louis Braille invented the embossed printing.
1844
The day electrotyping was invented.
1870
Paper was mass produced using wood pulp.
1892
The invention of four-color rotary press took place.
1907
Silk screening was used commercially.
1947
The creation of photypesetting took place.
Here is the timeline of the most relevant dates in the history of printing. Today, the creation of electronics such as microchips and motherboards gave birth to the present printer devices and their printer inkjet cartridges. The knowledge in color mixing gave rise to the discovery of new ink colors that are widely available now in several ink cartridges.
