Search the Kids Internet
Encyclopedia > Printer
Article Content
Printer
In modern times, the word printer commonly refers to a computer printer. Formerly, it referred to persons who operated printing presses.
Someone who makes artistic prints, usually by hand in limited runs, is known as a printmaker.
Famous printers:
- Johann Gutenberg
- John Baskerville
- Jodocus Badius
- Henry Estienne
- William Caxton
- Benjamin Franklin
- Aldus Manutius
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
|
Search Encyclopedia
|
Featured Article
|
