Printing technology has undergone radical evolutions and advancements. Although the history of printing started in 200 B.C., where block printing was a technique used widely for printing text, images or patterns, but remarkable progress occurred in the 14th Century AD.
It is Johannes Gutenberg, who is best known for the Gutenberg press, an innovative printing press machine that used movable type. It remained the standard until the 20th century. Gutenberg made printing cheap. In later years, various types such as laser printing, thermal printing, inkjet printing, steriolithography, digital press, 3D printings were introduced.
However, printing technology has adverse impacts on environment, 80% of global warming is caused by papers used for printing, and power consumed globally is responsible for 8% of global warming. And cartridges account for 6% of global warming.
