ECN 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Aldus Manutius, King James Version, Johannes Gutenberg
12 Feb 2018
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History and overview of sheetfed and web offset printing. History of printing fashioned from a wine press. 4000 bc babylonians printing by impression with seals or stamps into moist clay. 3000 bc payrus (cid:498)paper(cid:499) invented from the papyrus plant, used in egypt, greece and rome. 690 bc tablets engraved in marble with information, displayed in market places (first newspaper) 200 bc parchment made from sheep skin and vellum made from baby cows used. 105 ad ts"ai lun (cid:523)china(cid:524) credited with the invention of paper from tree bark, hemp and rags. 751 ad chinese paper makers captured by arabs show their skills to their captors. 1009 ad first paper mill in spain, built by arabs. 1041 ad moveable clay type invented in china but poor ink and poor substrate is a problem. 1250 ad italy becomes a major paper producer. 1411 ad first paper mill in germany near nuremberg.
