- 35,000: Hand stencils used on cave walls in Asia and Europe
- 3500 BC: Cylinder seals on clay documents in Sumer
- 1600 BC - 1046 BC (Shang dynasty): Seal printing used in China
- 3rd century BC: Seals used on pottery in China
- 220 AD: Woodblock printing on cloth used in China
- 7th century AD: Woodblock printing on paper used in China
- ~1040: Ceramic and wooden movable type invented by Bi Sheng
- 1346: Earliest color printing
- 1234: Metal moveable type used in Korea
- ~1439: Movable type printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg
- 1796: Lithography invented by Aloys Senefelder
- 1843: Rotary drum printing invented by Richard March Hoe
- 1875: Rotary offset printing press is invented by Robert Barclay
- 1890: Flexography introduced
- 1907: Modern screenprinting process invented by Samuel Simon
- 1938: Xerography invented by Chester Carlson
- 1968: Dot matrix printing released by Epson in Japan
- 1969: Laser printer invented by Gary Starkweather at Xerox
- 1971: 3D printer created by Johannes F. Gottwald
- 1984: Hot-melt inkjet printer introduced
- 1993: Digital printing is introduced
- 1998: Frescography invented by Rainer Maria Latzke
Source
Wikipedia: History of printing, 3D printing, Flexography, Offset printing, Movable type, Shang dynasty
