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Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.

by Anisia Iacob

https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/

Johannes Gutenberg at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg

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An early wooden printing press, depicted in 1568. Such presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.

Jost Amman - Woodcut illustration in the 1568 book "Ständebuch", reproduced in "Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (p. 64)"

At the left in the foreground, a "puller" removes a printed sheet from the press. The "beater" to his right is inking the forme. In the background, compositors are setting type.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg#/media/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png

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#OTD in 1876.

Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were common technologies for printing small quantities of a document, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. For even smaller quantities, up to about five, a typist would use carbon paper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph

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1918 illustration of a mimeograph machine

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H05K3/1233 Methods or means for supplying the conductive material and for forcing it through the screen or stencil.

US patent 180,857 for “Improvement in Autographic Printing” was filed on 13 March 1876 and issued to Edison on 8 August 1876. Electric pen No. 1 Outfit at Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford museum. the Menlo Park Laboratory there.

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