What are the milestones in the development of printing?
- c. 868 AD: The Diamond Sutra, the earliest known printed book, is produced in China.
- c. 1041 AD: Bi Sheng, a Chinese inventor, develops movable type printing.
- 1450 AD: Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press in Mainz, Germany.
- 1455 AD: Gutenberg prints the Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed in Europe using movable type.
- 1462 AD: The first printing press is established in England by William Caxton.
- 1476 AD: William Blake invents the relief etching technique.
- 1796 AD: Alois Senefelder invents lithography.
- 1800 AD: The first steam-powered printing press is invented.
- 1843 AD: Richard March Hoe invents the rotary printing press.
- 1884 AD: Ottmar Mergenthaler invents the Linotype machine.
- 1901 AD: Rudolf Hell invents the phototypesetting machine.
- 1954 AD: Chester Carlson invents the Xerox machine.
- 1970 AD: The first laser printer is invented.
- 1977 AD: The first inkjet printer is invented.
- 1984 AD: The first PostScript printer is invented.
- 2000 AD: The first 3D printer is invented.
