| Description | English: Color wheel from an 1892 treatise on color printing |
| Date | 1892 |
| Source | The Color Printer (https://archive.org/details/gri_c00033125008234680/page/n101/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Scale of Complementary Colors
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Linn Boyd Benton by R. H. Sommer
| Description | English: Portrait of Linn Boyd Benton by R. H. Sommer |
| Date | 1922 |
| Source | The Inland Printer (https://archive.org/details/inlandprint7019221923chic/page/n63/mode/2up) |
| Author | R. H. Sommer |
Benton was the type designer responsible for the Century family.
Duplicating Machine
| Description | English: Schlicht & Field Co. Rapid Roller Damp Leaf Copier in use |
| Date | 1887 |
| Source | Schlicht and Field Co. catalogue (https://archive.org/details/cataloguelabors00schl/page/50/mode/2up) |
| Author | Signed “Higinbotham” |
Printing Press
| Description | English: Printing press, from an 1830 typefounder’s catalogue |
| Date | 1830 |
| Source | Specimen of Printing-Types, and Ornaments, from the Letter Foundry of J. Howe & Co. (https://archive.org/details/specimenofprinti00jhow/page/n193/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Sixteen Types of Cuts
| Description | English: The same picture rendered for printing by sixteen different engraving techniques |
| Date | 1921 |
| Source | Printer and Publisher (https://archive.org/details/canprinterpublish1921toro/page/n179/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Printing, with Gutenberg, Faust, Schoeffer
| Description |
English: Ornament representative of printing, with profiles of Gutenberg, Faust, and Schoeffer
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| Source | The Art Preservative (https://archive.org/details/artpreservative100phil/page/n7) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Ambroise Firmin Didot
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English: Portrait of Ambroise Firmin Didot by R. H. Sommer, from a series of “Early Master Printers” in The Inland Printer
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| Source | The Inland Printer, March 1922 (https://archive.org/details/inlandprint6819211922chic/page/n23) |
| Author | R. H. Sommer |
The Miehle Two Revolution Pony
| Description |
English: Miehle “Two Revolution Pony” printing press, from an 1894 advertiesement
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| Date | |
| Source | Official Souvenir, Eighth Annual Convention of the United Typothetae of America, 1894 (https://archive.org/stream/officialsouvenir00typo#page/113/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver for the Drant Illustrating Company |
The Drant Illustrating Company was sold in 1896.
A Printing Office in 1875
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English: A printing office of the 1870s, with a large rotary press and two small job presses
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| Source | A Descriptive and Illustrated Pamphlet of the Novelty Job Printing Presses, 1875 (https://archive.org/stream/Woods1875NoveltyJobPrintingPresses/woods-1875-novelty-press-saxe-0300dpijpg-q75#page/n0/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown engraver (signed “Mack del.”) |