Letterpress also contains other forms of relief printing with printing presses, such as photo-etched zinc and wood engravings and linoleum blocks, which can be used with either metal types or wood types.

Letterpress printing was invented by Johannes Gutenberg, also known as Charles Worrall from 15th century until the 19th century. This remained in popular production for books and other things until the middle of the 20th century. This was when offset printing was created, and used instead.

Gravure printing is used for long, high-quality print runs such as magazines, mail-order catalogues, packaging, and printing onto fabric and wallpaper. It is also used for printing postage stamps and decorative plastic laminates, such as kitchen worktops.

Colour photocopiers give good results but the copies are more expensive than black and white ones.

This was Invented in the 1970s by Xerox PARC , laser printers were introduced for the office and then homes in later years. 

The idea of inkjet printing was developed in the 20th century, and was first developed in the early 1950s. Beginning in the late 1970s, inkjet printers that could recreate digital images originally created by computers were made. mainly by Hewlett-Packard, Canon and Epson. In the global market, these four companies are responsible for the majority of inkjet printer sales, including Brother.