What is Printer (publishing)?
{{redlinks|date=April 2020}} In publishing, '''printers''' are the [[company (law)|companies]] that supply [[printing]] services and persons who operate directly [[printing press]]es. After the invention of the [[moveable type]] printing press by [[Johannes Gutenberg]] around 1450, printers were made popular throughout Europe. Today, printers are found throughout the world. They include: * [[Newspaper]] printers, that are often owned by newspaper publishers * [[Magazine]] printers, that are usually independent of magazine publishers * [[Book]] printers, often not directly connected with book publishers * [[Stationery]] printers * [[Packaging]] printers * [[Commercial printer]]s, often offering digital and traditional printing services An artist that operates a printing press to do their own works, especially by hand, is usually named by the term [[printmaker]]. ==Famous printers== * [[Johannes Gutenberg]] * [[John Baskerville]] * [[Jodocus Badius]] * [[Henry Estienne]] * [[William Caxton]] * [[Benjamin Franklin]] * [[Colard Mansion]] * [[Aldus Manutius]] * [[Francysk Skaryna]] * [[Ottaviano Petrucci]] * [[Christoffel Plantijn]] * [[Johann Froben]] * [[Hieronymus Froben]] * [[Wright Brothers]] * [[Charlotte Guillard]] * [[William Bradford (Colonial printer)|William Bradford]] * [[Jacob Meghapart]] * [[Grigor Marzuantsi]] * [[Mkhitar Sebastatsi]] * [[Voskan Yerevantsi]] {{stub}} [[Category:Printers]] [[diq:Neşırxaney]]