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  2. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    In a rotary printing press, the impressions are carved around a cylinder so that the printing can be done on long continuous rolls of paper, cardboard, plastic, or a large number of other substrates. Rotary drum printing was invented by Josiah Warren in 1832, [ 113 ] whose design was later imitated by Richard March Hoe in 1843, patented in 1847 ...

  3. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    William Rittenhouse established America's first paper mill at Monoshone Creek in the Province of Pennsylvania in 1690. The manufacturing of paper was essential to the printing and publishing industry, and brought many people together to help in the effort to collect linen rags used in the production of paper.

  4. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    The American paper industry began with the establishment of the first paper mill in British America in 1690 by William Rittenhouse of Philadelphia with the help of Pennsylvania's first printer, William Bradford. For two decades it would remain the only mill in the colonies, and for the next two centuries the city would remain the preeminent ...

  5. Bibliography of early American publishers and printers

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    The compact history of the American newspaper. New York, Hawthorn Books. Thayer, William Makepeace (1905). Benjamin Franklin, Or, From Printing Office to the Court of St. James. Hodder and Stoughton. Thomas, Isaiah (1874). The history of printing in America, with a biography of printers. Vol. I. New York, B. Franklin. —— (1874).

  6. Timeline of 20th century printmaking in America - Wikipedia

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    1940 – The Museum of Modern Art held two exhibits, American Color Prints Under $10. The purpose was to make American art available for purchase to a wide audience, to make ownership of prints by living artists and artisans practical in homes, offices, churches and social groups.

  7. William Bradford (printer, born 1663) - Wikipedia

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    William Bradford (May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America.Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies, founding the first press in Pennsylvania in 1685 and the first press in New York in 1693.

  8. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    The first printing press was imported from Japan for publishing Korea's first Korean-language newspaper Hansong Sunbo. After the press was destroyed by conservatives, Inoue returned with a new one from Japan, reviving the paper as a weekly under the name Hansong Chubo.

  9. Printing - Wikipedia

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    Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus.