The History of Print

I came across this interesting article a couple of weeks ago on the history of print. It describes a rich history that starts way back around 1800 BC and continues all the way to the 21st century. The photo above is from one of the first rotary printing presses invented in the 1840's. For anyone involved in the printing industry it provides an interesting historical perspective.

The article does not mention the HP-Indigo press, which in my humble opinion was a very important part of the history of printing. But it does provide an interesting analysis of most of the major printing advances over the last several hundred years.

Comments

[Adam]

The author of that article contacted me as well. It does a very good job of documenting older technology, but as you mention, it leaves out some modern technology that's pushing printing into new areas.

I also noticed that the WikiPedia page on the history of print is very similar to what WikiPedia offers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing

[peterrenton]

Thanks Adam, it is always good to hear your comments. And thanks for the WikiPedia link, that seems to be a more complete history of printing, I am sure our readers will appreciate the link.

Keep up the good work over at the Print CEO blog!