The Development of Printing (LIS 51)
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the Development of Printing
the Development of Printing
a presenta
tion
by roy
what
PRINTING?is
what
PRINTING?is
The art process of
impressing characters or figures
on any surface
We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...
We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...
We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...
We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...
We can trace the history of printing all the way back to...
WOODBLOCK PRINTING
200 AD
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Chinese Monks
Images are produced by direct impression of an
inked raised surface against
paper
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Ukio-eJapanese woodblock prints
Earliest known printed book
DIAMOND SUTRA
MOVABLE11th century
TYPE
Bi Sheng Song Dynasty
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Separate
ready-made characters that can be
arranged in the correct order and then reused
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Separate
ready-made characters that can be
arranged in the correct order and then reused
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
INCOVENIENT
Why?
The Chinese script HAS OVER
50 thousandcharacters
FIRST METAL MOVABLE TYPE
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Koreans
JikjiEarliest known book printed
from movable type
INTAGLIO PRINTING
1430s
Germans
•WHO INVENTED IT?
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Printing is done from ink that
is recessed on the metal plate.
PRINTING PRESS1439
Johannes
Guttenberg
Guttenberg was a man of many disciplines
He was a...
Blacksmith
BlacksmithEngraver
BlacksmithEngraverPrinter
BlacksmithEngraverPrinterInventor
BlacksmithEngraverPrinterInventorrevolutionist
Uses mechanical pressure to transfer an image to a
surface.
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Uses mechanical pressure to transfer an image to a
surface.
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Employs the movable type
IncunabulaPrinted
books which can be dated
before 1501
42-line BibleFirst book printed using the
printing press
Revolution
Printing
Printing spread in
EUROPE
bOOKPRODUCTION
increased
ON
E-
HA
LF
ReligiousTexts
OTH
ER
SEncyclopaediasPamphletsEpistles
Vatican Library
Vatican Library
Pope Nicholas V
Housed most of the printed texts
Protestant Reformation
Challenged
the Roman Catholic
Church
DISSOLUTION of
MONASTERIES
Pamphlets flews in all directions
printing presses fed
and fanned the flames.
PROPAGANDA
Lithography1796
Lithography1796
Lithos = stone
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Alois
Senefelder
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Operates on the idea
that water repels oil (ink)
Grease crayon
Rotary Printing Press
1843
Steam powered
•WHO INVENTED IT?
RICHARD
MARCH
HOE
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Ink is applied to the paper
via a
rotating cylinder
Efficient for continuous rolls of
paper
Linotype machine
1886
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Ottman
mergenthaler
uses metal molds of an
entire line of print
rather than individual molds of each letter or
character
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
Lines and phrases instead of individual letters.
Screen printing1907
•WHO INVENTED IT?
Samuel
simon
• HOW DOES IT WORK?
a sharp-edged print is created by
using a
stenciling technique
Modern printing
Dye-sublimation printer
photocopier
Laser printer
Dot matrix printer
Inkjet printer
3D PRINTER
The
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