History of Print and Digital Printing

From Hand Printing to Digital Printing When was digital printing invented? The history of digital printing became what it is today through the evolution of printing tools and machines used to copy text and pictures from one place to another usually onto a medium such as paper or canvas. Before any printing presses, machines and stamps were invented, much of the copying was done by hand. It really wasn’t until the demand for printed material drastically increased and specific inventions such as mechanical printing equipment (like the print press) could meet that demand. As a result, we find that the history of digital printing was hallmarked by specific inventions that replaced the time consuming printing technology of era. Technically, the history of digital printing has always been a process of adapting to the printing needs of society.