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The History of the Steam Powered Printing Press

By the time the Industrial Revolution had struck the world, the printer designed by Gutenburg was still mainly used, if not modified to work slightly better. This was until the advent of the Steam Engine! The steam engine revolutionized the printing press, acting as an engine meaning that the printer could be unmanned and produce more. First created in London, this invention spread magazines to a wide audience (Specifically The Times Magazine). Along with this, another important thing was in vented: The Transition to... Rolled Paper! These two inventions meant that the printer could work at an unprecedented speed, doing almost double what the other printers could create, jumping to 6x by 1818! This culminated in Hoe's Printing Press, invented by one Robert Hoe