The Printing and Paper Industries ClipArt gallery offers 76 images of the manufacture of paper and many types of printing devices, including older and newer methods. The invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg in the 1450s made print media possible to become a mass media tool to communicate to a large population.
Modern Printing Press
"The printing press- originating at the middle of the fifteenth, the art of printing continued to be…
Copper-Plate Printing
"In all engraving upon metal plates the traces or marks which are to appear on the paper are cut or…
Sheep's Foot Tool
"In printing, an iron hammer with a split curved claw at the end which serves for a handle. The claw…
Shooting Stick
"In printing, a piece of hard wood or metal, about ten inches long, which is struck by a mallet to tighten…
Slice Tool in the Printing Trade
"In printing, a small spade-shaped iron tool with which printing ink is taken out of a tub and conveyed…
Slice Galley
"In printing, a galley with a false bottom, in the form of a thin slice of wood, which aids the removal…
Stereotyping
"Stereotyping is the art of fabricating metal plates resembling pages of type, which impressions may…
Composing Stick
A composing stick is an instrument used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which…
Type
A piece of wood or metal to stamp a letter or character. "(1) the body, (2) the face, (3) the shoulder,…
