Explore: Printing History

pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing for texts on paper originated

Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include

of printing called mechanical woodblock printing on paper started in China during the 7th century in the Tang dynasty. The use of woodblock printing spread

Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in

A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring

American Printing History Association (APHA) is a "scholarly, educational, and charitable organization fostering the study of printing history (especially

historian specialising in the history of printing, type and lettering. Mosley was from 1958 to 2000 Librarian of the St Bride Printing Library in the City of

{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Turnbull, A History of Calico Printing in Great Britain, 1951. "Maryhill Burgh Halls: Historic Stained

early history of the industry. Music publishing did not begin on a large scale until the mid-15th century, when mechanical techniques for printing music

English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of