| A | B |
| Johann Gutenberg | In 1455 printed the 42-line bible. |
| Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer | In 1457 printed the Mainz Psalter, it was the first book to be dated. |
| Albrecht Pfister | In 1463 printed the Edelstein, which contained line drawings that could be colored. |
| Conrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz | Printed 28 separate titles with 200 to 250 copies of each title, they went bankrupt. |
| Johannes Da Spira & Wendelin Da Spira | In 1470 printed the De Civitate Dei, which was the first book to have page numbers. |
| Nicolas Jenson | Made different kinds of type styles, including Roman type and Italics. |
| Erhard Ratdolt | In 1476 printed Euclid's Elementa Geometriae, which had decorative title pages and mathematical drawings. |
| Gunther Zainer | In 1472 printed Etymologiarum of Isidore of Seville, which had a printed map of the world. |
| William Caxton | Was popular because he printed in English. |
| Anton Koberger | In 1493 printed the Nuremberg Chronicles, which constantly reused woodblock images. |
| Aldus Manutis | This printer experimented with typeface. Had proofreaders and spell checked. |
| Johann Froben | Was Martin Luther's publisher. |