| A | B |
| Developed the iron press between 1798 - 1800 | Stanhope |
| Invented the cylinder press | Friedrich Koenig |
| Invented the rotary web press | William Bullock |
| Invented the four-cylinder press in 1828 | Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowper |
| Made the first power presses in America | R. Hoe and Company |
| First newspaper to adopt the cylinder press on a large scale | The Times of London |
| Developed the job press | George Gordon |
| Developed the columbian press | George Clymer |