Printing press

== Printing capacity ==
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various press designs could print ''per hour''.

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! colspan="2" | Hand-operated presses
! colspan="4" | Steam-powered presses
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! width="10%" |
! width="10%" | [[Johannes Gutenberg|Gutenberg]]-style <br /><small>{{circa|1600}}</small>
! width="10%" | [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope|Stanhope]] press <br /><small>{{circa|1800}}</small>
! width="10%" | [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] press <br /><small>1812</small><!-- British patent nos. 3496 and 3725 -->
! width="10%" | Koenig press <br /><small>1813</small><!-- British patent no. 3725 (Doppelmaschine) -->
! width="10%" | Koenig press <br /><small>1814</small><!-- British patent no. 3868 -->
! width="10%" | Koenig press <br /><small>1818</small><!-- British patent no. 3868 (Zweitourenmaschine) -->
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|Impressions per hour
| 240 <ref name="Wolf 1974, 67f."/> || 480 <ref name="Bolza 1967, 80"/> || 800 <ref>{{harvnb|Bolza|1967|p=83}}</ref> || 1100 <ref>{{harvnb|Bolza|1967|p=87}}</ref> || 2000 <ref name="Bolza 1967, 88"/> || 2400 <ref name="Bolza 1967, 88"/>
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