DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING AND PRINTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE LATE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURY (ON THE MATERIALS OF KURSK PROVINCE)
The article examines the technical aspects of printing in the XIX - early XX centuries. Attention is paid to the invention of the first operating printing machine by F. Koenig. The increase in promotional products during this period led to the creation of platen machines - Boston press. On the basis of archival documents, the article discusses the technical equipment of Kursk printing houses, the introduction of new imported equipment. Attention is paid to devices for small-circulation printing - lithography and hectograph. The article shows that Kursk printing establishments began as lithographs. The spread of small-scale printing during this period was connected with the growth of office and institutional documentation.