. . . " inked surface resting upon a medium such as paper or cloth, thereby transferring an image.PowerPoint Presentation: History of printing Technologies Phaistos disk 1850???1400 BCE Woodblock printing 200 CE Movable type 1050 Intaglio 1430s Printing press 1439 Lithography 1796 Offset press by 1800s Chromolithography 1837 Rotary press 1843 Flexography 1890s Screen-printing 1907 Dye-sublimation 1957 Ph" . .