The History of Printing

1) Clay tablet printing (3000 BC)
2) Plants Stencil printing (2700 BC)
3) Woodblock printing (200 AD)
4) Porcelain Movable type (1040 AD)
5) Metal Movable type (1230 AD)
6) Engraving (1430 AD)
7) Cloths Stencil printing (1450 AD)
8) Printing press (1454 AD)
9) Etching (1500 AD)
10) Mezzotint (1642 AD)
11) Aquatint (1768 AD)
12) Lithography (1796 AD)
13) Chromolithography (1837 AD)
14) Rotary press (1843 AD)

15) Hectograph (1869 AD)
16) Offset printing (1875 AD)
17) Halftoning (1869 AD)
18) Hot metal typesetting (1886 AD)
19) Mimeograph (1890 AD)
20) Screen printing (1907 AD)
21) Spirit duplicator (1923 AD)
22) Xerography / Electrophotography (1938 AD)
23) Dye-sublimation (1957 AD)
24) Phototypesetting / Photocopier (1960 AD)
25) Dot matrix printer (1964 AD)
26) Laser printing (1969 AD)
27) Thermal printing (1972 AD)
28) Inkjet printing (1976 AD)
29) 3D printing (1986 AD)
30) Giclée (1991 AD)
31) Digital press (1993 AD)
32) Frescography (1998 AD)




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