Benny Landa, “the father of commercial digital printing”, a true drupa fan and owner of more than 800 patents should not be missing from our series “Pioneers of Printing”. So it is time to finally introduce to you the revolutionary man who made it possible to print directly from a computer.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic still haunting the world, we are once again looking at the 3D printing community and offering you a special edition of our #PioneersOfPrinitng, showing you how the industry is joining forces to overcome the coronavirus crisis.
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Ever since printing and computers have entered private households and enabled people to design their own greeting cards, the job of the manual typesetter became more and more redundant. Still, the Museum für Druckkunst in Leipzig employs one. Read more about his everyday work here.
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In our series Pioneers of Printing, we present to you the driving forces in the history of printing technology. In this article, you learn about Jack S. Kilby who made significant contributions to the invention of direct thermal printing.
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This edition of Pioneers of Printing focusses on the American engineer and inventor Gary Starkweather who, along with a variety of amazing achievements during his career, invented the first laser printer.
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In this edition of Pioneers of Printing we esteem the work of Anthony Velonis. The New York artist is mainly responsible for introducing the screen printing technology to public and making it popular, as well as inspiring other great artists such as Andy Warhol who created art with this printing technique.
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The photocopier undoubtedly belongs to the last century’s most important inventions for office workers around the globe. This edition of Pioneers of Printing sheds a light onto the life of Chester Carlson, the man who made this magnificent invention.
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The dot matrix printer exists longer than the PC: It has already celebrated its 50th birthday. Despite all the succeeding printing technologies it is still alive and appreciated highly among certain users. Here are some insights into its inventor’s career.
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Have you ever heard of Rudolf Hell, inventor of the Hellschreiber, the Klischograph and many other improvements in the graphics world and therefore a true Pioneer of Printing? Here is a quick overview of some of his most important developments.
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The development of the offset printing press came in three stages. It all started in 1875, when Robert Barclay of England patented the first rotary offset lithography printing press. Read the whole story of the origins of offset printing.
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