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Pierre-Simon Fournier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ fuʁnje]; 15 September 1712 – 8 October 1768) was a French mid-18th century punch-cutter, typefounder and typographic theoretician. He was both a collector and originator of types.
The rotary press itself is an evolution of the cylinder press, also patented by William Nicholson, invented by Beaucher of France in the 1780s and by Friedrich Koenig in the early 19th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rotary drum printing was invented by Josiah Warren in 1832, [ 3 ] whose design was later imitated by Richard March Hoe in 1843. [ 4 ]
William Bullock (1813 – April 12, 1867) was an American inventor whose 1863 improvements to Richard March Hoe's rotary printing press helped revolutionize the printing industry due to its great speed and efficiency. A few years after his invention, Bullock was accidentally killed by his own web rotary press.
A Marinoni press from 1883; at the Musée des Arts et Métiers. Hippolyte Auguste Marinoni (8 September 1823, Paris – 7 January 1904, Paris) [1] was a builder of rotary printing presses; most of which used the rotogravure process. He was also a media patron and owned several periodicals; notably Le Petit Journal. His is considered to be one ...
1922: A new single-color offset press, the Klein-Roland 00, was presented which could print up to 5000 sheets per hour. 1931: Development of a rotary press that could print 25,000 16-page newspapers per hour. Second World War; 1951: A four-color sheetfed offset press, the Ultra, was presented at the first drupa trade show.
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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.