Dampfbetriebene Hochgeschwindigkeitsdruckmaschine von Koenig (1811), Holzschnitt, erschienen 1900 - Stock-Grafiken

High-speed steam-powered printing press by Koenig. In 1811, German inventor Friedrich Koenig (1774 - 1833) revolutionized printing when he introduced a steam driven, flat-bed cylinder press that could print at ten times the speed of the Stanhope. With this invention, printers could now produce over 1,000 sheets per hour. He was a co-founder of Koenig & Bauer, the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world. Wood engraving, published in 1900.