1. Graphic Communications Introduction & History

2. Graphic Communications The technology of communicating information through photographic, drawing, computer and printed means.

3. Graphic Arts Technical area of producing printed products. Including the following: layout, copy prep, photo conversion, image carriers, image transfer, binding and finishing.

4. Graphic Communications Purpose Create products that communicate visually. –Books –Magazines –Newspapers –Packages –Garments

5. Why is Graphic Communication so powerful? People learn about 80% of what they know through their eyes.

6. 1500 BC China 1 st simple alphabet

7. 105 AD China invention of paper

8. 770 AD Japanese use wooden blocks for printing

9. 880 AD China 1 st book Diamond Sutra

10. 1100 AD China use of movable symbols and characters made of baked clay

11. 1450 AD Germany: Johann Gutenberg develops reusable movable metal type Beginning of mass communication One of the first items printed was the Bible 250 printed - 25 still exist today

12. 1650 AD Boston MA Harvard University 1 st print shop in America Matthew Daye publishes The Whole Book of Psalms

13. 1688 AD Pennsylvania William Bradford (Quaker) 2 nd print shop in America

14. 1689 AD Pennsylvania William Rittenhouse 1 st paper mill in America. Rittenhouse Mill

15. 1796 Germany Alois Senefelder applied an image to limestone using a grease pencil. He then wet the stone and found that ink stuck only to the image area. Beginning of Lithography

22. 1957 1 st Artificial satellite launched Sputnik

23. October 17, 1967 A full size newspaper is transmitted by satellite, telephone wire and underground cable 5000 miles in less that 15 minutes. London, England – San Juan, Puerto Rico

24. 1972 Ray Tomlinson developed 1 st e-mail program.

25. 1977 Apple introduces the 1 st computer with color graphics $1300.

26. 1984 Apple introduces Macintosh Hewlett Packard introduces laser jet printer Beginning of desktop publishing

27. 1985 Adobe introduces Pagemaker

28. 1985-1990 Internet becomes available to general public

29. 1986 Kodak introduces 1 st digital camera

30. 1987 Adobe introduces Pagemaker for Windows

31. 1990s Many new desktop publishing programs introduced Most for Windows

32. Religion Religion was one of the most if not the single most important driving force in the development of printing.