Editing Printing press (section)

== Printing capacity ==
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various press designs could print ''per hour''.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Printing speed of press designs
!Design
!Year
!Impressions per hour
|-
! colspan="3" |Hand-operated presses
|-
|[[Johannes Gutenberg|Gutenberg]]-style
|{{circa|1600}}
|240<ref name="Wolf 1974, 67f."/>
|-
|[[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope|Stanhope]] press
|{{circa|1800}}
|480<ref name="Bolza 1967, 80"/>
|-
! colspan="3" |Steam-powered presses
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] press
|1812<!-- British patent nos. 3496 and 3725 -->
|800<ref>{{harvnb|Bolza|1967|p=83}}</ref>
|-
|1813<!-- British patent no. 3725 (Doppelmaschine) -->
|1100<ref>{{harvnb|Bolza|1967|p=87}}</ref>
|-
|1814<!-- British patent no. 3868 -->
|2000<ref name="Bolza 1967, 88"/>
|-
|1818<!-- British patent no. 3868 (Zweitourenmaschine) -->
|2400<ref name="Bolza 1967, 88"/>
|}