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Cool Facts
- The printing industry employs more people than any other US industry - 20% more than the automobile industry.
- Yet, nearly 80% of the printers in the US employ less than 20 people, and less than 3% of all the printers in the US employ more than 100 people.
- Every state in the US has at least one printing plant with 100 employees.
- One third of all printing plants can be found in only three states.
- American business spend over $25 Billion a year on printed marketing collateral.
- Despite the large number of screen printers and flexographic printers, almost half of all printing is done on offset presses.
- 31% of all the paper produced in the world is consumed in writing or printing applications.
- Coincidentally 31% of the world's paper is consumed in North America.
- The first paper-like substance, papyrus, was invented by the Egyptians over 3000 years BC.
- Today's paper traces its roots to China, where a court official, Ts'ai Lun, invented papermaking from textile waste.
- Johannes Gutenberg invented the modern press in 1436, when he developed an automated machine that incorporated movable type.
- Italic type was first used in 1501.
- The first copyright act was passed by British Parliament in 1709.
- The first powered printing press was invented by Friedrich Koenig of Suhl in 1812. It operated on twin steam cylinders.
- Though books had been around for several hundred years, the first book jackets appeared in 1833.
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