Do you know when, where and how Papyrus (first type of paper) was invented? 3000 BC in Egypt. This paper was created from the papyrus plant, a type of reed that is found on the Nile River’s banks.

Did you know that the first press established in America by Stephen Daye was for the use of Harvard College (later Harvard University) at Cambridge, Massachusetts?

Did you know that Gutenberg did not invent the movable type? Movable type was used in China as early as 1041 and it was made with clay. Johannes Gutenberg’s accomplishment was to complete, in 1440, a wooden printing press which used movable metal types.

In 1935, the Xerography process invented by Chester Carlson leads to the invention of the Xerox photocopier.