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Clipart images of 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.


Ancient Printing
An ancient printing office, with one of the first forms of the printing press....
Arming Press
A press used for bookbinding....
Cloth, Back
A reinforceing cloth used to support a fabric which is being printed. ...
Cylinder_Seal
"A Cylinder Seal" — Morey, 1903...
Engraving, wood
"The wood used for engraving is boxwood, nearly all of which is imported from Turkey." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888...
First Power Press
Tredwell of Boston invented the first power press. The type is raised to meet the platen....
Galley, Printers'
"In printing, an oblong shallow tray of brass or wood, rarely of zinc, on which the compositor deposits his type." -Whitney, 1911...
Gutenberg Press
Gutenberg's press. Screw presses down platen on the type....
Machine, Stop Cylinder
A type of printing press....
Press, Columbian
George Clymer improved upon Gutenberg's press by making it out of iron therefore reducing the force required....
Press, Cylinder (Double)
"Double cylinder press, 1835-1900. These presses were built up to 1900 and this picture shows the latest design brought out about 1882." -Hill, 1921...
Press, Cylinder (Single Large)
"Single large cylinder press, 1832-1900." -Hill, 1921...
Press, Cylinder (Single Small)
"Single small cylinder press, 1835-1900." -Hill, 1921...
Press, Hand
A type of printing press....
Press, Hand
The hand printing press was invented by Peter Smith and manufactured by Robert Hoe in 1822....
Press, Platen (Adams)
"Isaac Adam's bed and platen press, 1830." -Hill, 1921...
Press, Platen (Treadwell)
"Treadwell's wooden-frame bed and platen power press, 1822." -Hill, 1921...
Press, Stanhope
Charles Stanhope improved upon Gutenberg's press by making it out of cast iron therefore reducing the force required and increasing the printed area....
Printing Press
An early printing press...
Printing Press
A mechanical device for printing multiple copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. It was invented in the West by a German goldsmithand eventual printer, Johann Gutenberg in the 1450s. Apart f...
Printing Press
Two men working the Gutenberg printing press....
Printing Press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring an image. The systems involved were first assembl...
Printing Press, Gutenberg's
Gutenberg's printing press in 1450....
Printing Press, Modern
"The printing press- originating at the middle of the fifteenth, the art of printing continued to be conducted until the middle of the seventeenth century in a very clumsy manner." -Lupton...
Printing, copper-plate
"In all engraving upon metal plates the traces or marks which are to appear on the paper are cut or sunk into the plate." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888...
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