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| 1649 |
| | | Rembrandt creates an etching so desirable that it becomes known as the Hundred Guilder Print | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | The pleasure districts of Edo and Kyoto provide the delights of ukiyo-e, the 'floating world' | |
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| c. 1658 |
| | | Prince Rupert of the Rhine pioneers mezzotint, the first half-tone technique in printing | |
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| 1729 |
| | | Benjamin Franklin prints, publishes and largely writes the weekly Pennsylvania Gazette | |
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| 1768 |
| | | A French artist, Jean Baptiste le Prince, discovers the aquatint technique in printmaking | |
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| c. 1780 |
| | | Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is a master of colour woodcuts, often depicting the courtesan district of Edo | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Austrian author Alois Senefelder, experimenting with grease and water on stone, discovers the principles of lithography | |
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| 1825 |
| | | The elderly Francisco de Goya becomes the first great artist to attempt lithography | |
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| 1830 |
| | | Hokusai begins to publish his famous colour-printed views of Mount Fuji | |
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| 1838 |
| | | John James Audubon completes publication of the 435 plates forming his 4-volume Birds of America | |
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