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Printing is a process for reproducing text and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.

History[]

The earliest form of printing was woodblock printing, with existing examples from China dating to before 220 A.D.[1] and Egypt to the fourth century. Later developments in printing include the movable type, first developed by Bi Sheng in China,[2] and the printing press, a more efficient printing process for western languages with their more limited alphabets, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in the fifteenth century.[3]

Modern printing technology[]

By 2005, over 45 trillion pages were printed annually around the world.[4] In 2006 there were approximately 30,700 printing companies in the United States, accounting for $112 billion, according to the 2006 U.S. Industry & Market Outlook by Barnes Reports.[5] Print jobs that move through the Internet made up 12.5% of the total U.S. printing market last year, according to research firm InfoTrend/CAP Ventures.

References[]

  1. Shelagh Vainker in Anne Farrer (ed), "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas", 1990, British Museum publications, ISBN 0-7141-1447-2
  2. Great Chinese Inventions. Minnesota-china.com. Retrieved on July 29, 2010.
  3. Rees, Fran. Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press
  4. "When 2% Leads to a Major Industry Shift" Patrick Scaglia, August 30, 2007.
  5. 2006 U.S. Industry & Market Outlook, National Edition, Barnes Reports. 2005.

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