| 年份 | | |
| 1837 | Charles Babbage designed the first mechanical printer in the 1800s, for use with the Difference Engine that he also developed in 1822. | 查尔斯·巴贝奇（Charles Babbage）在19世纪设计了第一台机械打印机，用于他在1822年开发的差分引擎（Difference Engine）。 |
| 1868 | The typewriter was considered a precursor to printers and keyboards, was invented by Christopher Sholes in 1868. | 打字机被认为是打印机和键盘的前身，由克里斯托弗·肖尔斯于1868年发明。 |
| 1953 | The first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand in 1953. It was designed to be used with the UNIVAC computer. | 第一台高速打印机由雷明顿·兰德于1953年开发，设计用于UNIVAC计算机。 |
| 1957 | IBM developed and marketed the first dot matrix printer in 1957. | 1957年，IBM开发并销售了第一台点阵打印机。 |
| 1968 | Shinshu Seiki Co., which later became Epson, developed the first electronic mini-printer in 1968. | 1968年，新树精工公司（Shinshu Seiki Co.）开发了第一台电子迷你打印机，后来成为爱普生（Epson）。 |
| 1970 | The first dot matrix impact printer was developed by Centronics in 1970. | 第一台点阵冲击打印机是由Centronics于1970年开发的。 |
| 1971 | Gary Starkweather, while working at Xerox, developed the first laser printer by modifying a Xerox model 7000 copier. Development on the laser printer was completed in 1971. | Gary Starkweather在施乐工作时，通过改造施乐7000型复印机，开发了第一台激光打印机。激光打印机的研制于1971年完成。 |
| 1972 | The first thermal printers became available on the market around 1972, designed for use with portable machines and in retail stores. | 第一台热敏打印机于1972年左右上市，设计用于便携式机器和零售店。 |
| 1976 | The first inkjet printer was developed by Hewlett-Packard in 1976. However, inkjet printers do not gain popularity until the mid-1980s. | 第一台喷墨打印机是由惠普公司于1976年开发的。然而，直到20世纪80年代中期，喷墨打印机才开始普及。 |
| 1976 | IBM introduced the IBM 3800 Printing System, the first high-speed laser printer, in 1976. | 1976年，IBM推出了第一台高速激光打印机IBM3800打印系统。 |
| 1977 | Siemens developed the first DOD (drop-on-demand) inkjet printer in 1977. The DOD printer sprays ink where it is needed on the piece of paper. | 1977年，西门子开发了第一台DOD（点滴式）喷墨打印机。DOD打印机将墨水喷到纸张上需要的地方。 |
| 1979 | Canon introduced the LBP-10, the first semiconductor laser beam printer and their first printer unit. | 佳能推出了LBP-10，这是第一台半导体激光束打印机，也是他们的第一台打印机。 |
| 1984 | Hewlett-Packard introduced their first laser printer, the HP LaserJet, in 1984. The same year, Hewlett-Packard introduced the first thermal inkjet printer, the HP ThinkJet. | 1984年，惠普推出了他们的第一台激光打印机HP LaserJet。同年，惠普又推出了第一台热喷墨打印机HP ThinkJet。 |
| 1988 | The HP DeskJet inkjet printer was introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 1988 and sold for $1000. It was considered the first mass-marketed inkjet printer and became a very popular and widely used series of printers. | HP DeskJet喷墨打印机由Hewlett-Packard于1988年推出，售价1000美元。它被认为是第一台大规模销售的喷墨打印机，成为一种非常流行和广泛使用的打印机系列。 |
| 1988 | Many modern 3D printers use a technology called FDM (fused deposition modeling), which was developed and patented by Scott Crump in 1988. | 许多现代3D打印机使用一种称为FDM（熔融沉积建模）的技术，该技术由Scott Crump于1988年开发并获得专利。 |
| 1992 | Stratasys, Inc. made available their first 3D printer in 1992, which is based on FDM (fused deposition modeling) technology, developed and patented by company co-founder S. Scott Crump. | Stratasys，股份有限公司于1992年推出了其第一台3D打印机，该打印机基于FDM（熔融沉积建模）技术，由公司联合创始人S.Scott Crump开发并获得专利。 |
| 2009 | S. Scott Crump's patent on FDM (fused deposition modeling) expired in 2009, opening the door for an open-source development community, called RepRap, to use the FDM technology. RepRap, with other commercial companies, used FDM to develop new 3D printers. | S、 Scott Crump的FDM（熔融沉积建模）专利于2009年到期，为一个名为RepRap的开源开发社区使用FDM技术打开了大门。RepRap与其他商业公司一起使用FDM开发新的3D打印机。 |