Melbourne Museum of Printing
The Industry and its History
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Information about Printing - Index


The Industry Pages are Under Development

Our web-pages are being developed to give some detail of the origins and development of printing.

The pages will include descriptions of the machines and processes which allowed printing to become an effective force in society for hundreds of years without any computers.


Early History of Printing

Gutenberg, Caxton, Franklin and others

Typesetting Processes

Hand and Machine, Old and Modern

Printing Processes

Letterpress, Offset, and others

Allied Processes

Stereotyping, Rubber Stampmaking, Finishing/Bookbinding

Printing Businesses

Books, Newspapers, General Printing

Printing in Australia


Our Glossary of Traditional Printing

Other print-related sites - see our Links page.
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