Printing Gallery

Printing is the process of creating physical copies of documents, images, or other materials and can be done with a variety of methods and technologies

Gutenbergs printing press, 1450s
Gutenberg and Fust with the first printing press, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Colours derived from coal tar (colour litho)
7185313 Colours derived from coal tar (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The range of wonderful colours derived from coal tar)

Daily Telegraph - printing room 1900
Daily Telegraph, printing room in Fleet Street, London. Date: 1900

LUTHER: THESES, 1517. The 95 theses which German religious reformer Martin Luther nailed to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany, on 31 October 1517

Cylinder printing press, 1800s
Hoe printing press, showing type locked on the bed and overlays fixed on the cylinder; ink rollers on far right, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Typesetting by hand, Morning Post newspaper, London
A roomful of male compositors in London, typesetting the pages of the Morning Post newspaper by hand

Typesetter at work
A compositor at a the Lund Humphries print works places a small type glyph on a forme rack, finishing a page of imposing surface text prior to inking and printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Gutenbergs press, with books
Gutenbergs press, reconstructed from what was left of it, and housed in the Deutsche Buchgewerbehaus at Leipzig, Germany

Gutenbergs printing press
Gutenberg inspects the first sheet of his Bible, which has just come off the press

Printing press used by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), U.S. statesman and scientist
Printing press used by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), U. S. statesman and scientist. Colored engraving

Printing equipment at a German printer s
A flat-bed press and other printing equipment in a German printers workshop (Buchdruckerwerkstatte)

Shops at Caledonian Road, North London. Date: circa 1905

Gutenberg Bible page
Page of the Gutenburg Bible. Color lithograph reproduction of the document

Johannes Gutenberg, German goldsmith and printer
Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg), German goldsmith and printer. He invented mechanical movable type and thereby began a revolution in book printing

A Peacock by Mori Tessan (Tetsuzan) (1775-1841). Date: circa 1810s

Warren Street, Glens Falls, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Music Hall, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Music Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1911

Brochure cover, chocolate box designs
Brochure cover in blue, black and gold, chocolate box designs, Statue Series of box tops, Geo. H. Harrison & Sons, Statue Printing Works, Leeds, and Sentinel House, Southampton Row, London. Date: 1930

Compositor at Works
An American compositor at work in the days of manual type setting. Date: 1887

A Telewriter
A telewriter at Dollis Hill telephone exchange, London. Date: early 1930s

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Book and magazine printing press at Harper & Bros. New York City, early 1900s. Printed halftone of a photograph

Nancy Cunard on cover of The Sketch
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph by Cecil Beaton of Miss Nancy Cunard (1896 - 1965), heiress, poet and political activist, owner of the Hours Printing Press

Advert / Mander Bros Inks
Mander Brothers Printing Ink Makers - an advertisement featuring Queen Victoria in the year of her Diamond Jubilee

Beethoven / Printing Art
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN German composer

Advertisement for the linotype composing machine, Linotype Company Limited (colour litho)
7200689 Advertisement for the linotype composing machine, Linotype Company Limited (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Bridge at Courbevoie par Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890), 1887 - Oil on canvas, 32
FIA5403711 The Bridge at Courbevoie par Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890), 1887 - Oil on canvas, 32, 1x40, 5 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Sheet of paper peeling away from a printing forme imprinted with the letters ABC and image of a flower

Specimens of type, Leadenhall Press, London
Specimens of type from The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London EC. circa 1900

Women picking daffodils in Art Deco style. 1936

John Bramahs banknote printing press.. John Bramahs banknote printing press for printing sequential serial numbers, 1806. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

Insurance Policy 1807 -1
Part of an insurance policy Date: 1807

Owen Jones Title Page
Decorative gothic-style title page, echoing the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts

Copper Plate Peinter
The process of transferring portraits, landscapes and other pictures and writing from engravings on copper to paper

Print Photography 1916
Colour Photographers at work

Steam Book Press / 1877
Steam printing press machinery for printing books - reading a page which has just come off the machine

Wallpaper Printing
Wallpaper manufacture : colour press

COPPER PLATE PRINTER, 1807. A copper plate printer. Wood engraving from The Book of Trades, by Whitehall, 1807

Photographic print wallet, advertising film from Wellington & Ward Ltd of Elstree, Hertfordshire. Photographs developed by Arthur A Giles, High Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

First issue Then Swanska Argus, 1732
XJF3037923 First issue Then SwAÔé¼nska Argus, 1732 by Swedish School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Then SwAÔé¼nska Argus was written entirely by the Swedish poet, Olof von Dalin)

The Life And Times Of Queeen Victoria 1901.the Irish Rebellion Of 1848, forging Pikes

Carle Vernet, French (1758-1836), Lithographic Printing House of F. Delpech, lithograph

Printing press. 17th century
Printing press. Seventeenth century. Colored engraving of Gottfried Historical Chronicle. Frankfurt, 1619

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

2nd Exhibition of painter-lithographers
2904077 2nd Exhibition of painter-lithographers by Gottlob, Fernand Louis (1873-1935); (add.info.: Designed by Fernand-Louis Gottlob (1873-1935)

Three Women outside by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) - they are wearing mostly pink outfits, one has a parasol, the other two have fans. Date: late 18th century

Two Women by the riverside by Katsukawa Shuncho
Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) - a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints - Two women by the riverside. Date: late 18th century

Little Red Devil statue, symbol of a printer, in York, Yorkshire, England
Little Red Devil statue, symbol of a printer, in Stonegate in York, Yorkshire, England

William Caxton showing printing to Edward IV
William Caxton showing specimens of his printing to King Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville in 1477 in the Almonry in Westminster where he had set up his press

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Printing is the process of creating physical copies of documents, images, or other materials and can be done with a variety of methods and technologies, including inkjet printing, laser printing, offset printing, and 3D printing. Inkjet printers are the most common type used in homes and offices for everyday tasks such as making copies of documents or photos. Laser printers are faster than inkjet printers but more expensive to purchase. Offset printing is used for large-scale projects such as books and magazines due to its high quality output. 3D printing has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its ability to create complex objects from a digital file. Printing technology continues to evolve as new methods are developed that offer faster speeds and higher resolutions at lower costs.