Koenig & Bauer
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Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) (FWB: SKB) is a German company that makes printing presses based in Würzburg. It was founded by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer in Würzburg in 1817, making it the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world.
95% of the banknotes used in the world are printed on printers made by KBA-Giori, a division of KBA.
[edit] History
[edit] Printing capacity
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various early 19th century press designs of Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer could print per hour, compared to earlier hand-operated screw presses. The table includes those designs which were constructed by the pair in England before the establishment of their company upon their return to Germany.
| Hand-operated presses | Steam-powered presses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gutenberg-style ca. 1600 |
Stanhope ca. 1800 |
Koenig & Bauer 1812 |
Koenig & Bauer 1813 |
Koenig & Bauer 1814 |
Koenig & Bauer 1818 |
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| Impressions per hour | 240 [1] | 480 [2] | 800 [3] | 1100 [4] | 2000 [5] | 2400 [5] |
[edit] References
- ^ Wolf 1974, pp. 67f.
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 80
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 83
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 87
- ^ a b Bolza 1967, p. 88
[edit] Sources
- Bolza, Hans (1967), "Friedrich Koenig und die Erfindung der Druckmaschine", Technikgeschichte 34 (1): 79–89
- Wolf, Hans-Jürgen (1974), Geschichte der Druckpressen (1st ed.), Frankfurt/Main: Interprint
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