GREAT MOMENTS IN PRINT HISTORY (I)

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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