Graphicly. Crystal Clarity Publishers - Yogananda inspired Books and Music. History of printing. The history of printing in its broadest sense can be said to go back to the duplication of images by means of stamps in very early times. The use of round cylinder seals for rolling an impress onto clay tablets goes back to early Mesopotamian civilization before 3000 BC, where they are the most common works of art to survive, and feature complex and beautiful images. In both China and Egypt, the use of small stamps for seals preceded the use of larger blocks. In Europe and India, the printing of cloth certainly preceded the printing of paper or papyrus; this was probably also the case in China.
The process is essentially the same - in Europe special presentation impressions of prints were often printed on silk until at least the seventeenth century. Woodblock printing[edit] Block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia both as a method of printing on textiles and later, under the influence of Buddhism, on paper. In China[edit] Overview. Fab@Home Version 2.0 - Kit for 2 Syringe System. 3D Printer. Fab@Home:Model2Beta - Fab @ Home.