Read the Detailed Timeline of Printing and Printing Processes
Cool timeline…
- 618-906: T’ang Dynasty – The first printing is
performed in China, using ink on carved wooden blocks; multiple
transfers of an image to paper begins. - 868: “Diamond Sutra” is printed.
- 1241: Koreans print books using movable type.
- 1300: The first use of wooden type in China begins.
- 1309: Europeans first make paper. However, the Chinese and Egyptians had started making paper in previous centuries.