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Summary: PULP AND PAPER
Printing
P D Fleming, III, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
& 2004, Elsevier Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Fleming, PD III
Department of Paper Engineering Chemical Engineering,
and Imaging
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA
Introduction
Printing has been called the single most significant
technical development of human history. Prior to the
invention of printing, virtually all communication
was verbal. It was difficult to communicate to a large
number of people. Printing provided the ability to
record ideas in a manner that can be passed through
generations. Paper is still the most utilized substrate
for printing.
As early as 35 000 BC, people were drawing
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