GREAT MOMENTS IN PRINT HISTORY (II) 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) 2004 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) RETURN TO FAST ACCESS MENU RETURN TO SESSION OUTLINE |