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  2. Chepman and Myllar Press - Wikipedia

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    The press was founded in 1508 in Edinburgh by Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar, both burgesses of the Scottish capital. The two partners operated under a charter of King James IV issued in 1507 which gave them a monopoly in printed books within Scotland. [2] Very few products of the press are preserved today.

  3. Bibliography of early American publishers and printers

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    A century of printing: the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Press of Matlack & Harvey. —— (1885). A century of printing: the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784. Vol. II. Philadelphia: Press of Matlack & Harvey. —— (1895). Sketches of printers and printing in colonial New York. New York ...

  4. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    As printing was looked upon by Puritan colonial authorities with a weary eye, requiring a license from the general assembly to operate, the printing trade emerged slowly. Salem was the third town in the Colonies, after Cambridge and Boston, to see the introduction of a printing press, and Newport soon followed. [82]

  5. Printing press - Wikipedia

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    A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the cloth, paper, or other medium was brushed or rubbed repeatedly to achieve the transfer of ink and accelerated the process.

  6. Thomas Miller (Saskatchewan) - Wikipedia

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    Miller was born in Grand Valley, Ontario. While he was a boy, his family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan. From 1892 to 1894, Miller apprenticed with the Regina Standard newspaper. When the proprietors purchased the Moose Jaw Times they put Miller in charge of the printing press.

  7. Miller & Richard - Wikipedia

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    A specimen newspaper printed using Miller & Richard typefaces. Miller & Richard was a type foundry based in Edinburgh that designed and manufactured metal type. It operated from 1809 to 1952. [1] [2] The foundry was established by William Miller. He had been works manager of the foundry established by Alexander Wilson.

  8. 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.

  9. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439. [1] Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing .