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{{Short description|German printer (1774–1833)}}
[[File:Friedrich Koenig.jpg|thumb|Friedrich Koenig]]▼
{{For|people with similar names|Friedrich König (disambiguation){{!}}Friedrich König}}▼
{{Infobox person
| name = Friedrich Koenig
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1774|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Friedrich Gottlob Koenig
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1833|1|17|1774|4|17|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| nationality = German
| occupation = [[Inventor]]
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[[File:Koenig's steam press - 1814.png|thumb|Koenig's 1814 steam-powered printing press]]
'''Friedrich Gottlob Koenig''' (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a [[
▲{{For|people with similar names|Friedrich König (disambiguation){{!}}Friedrich König}}
▲'''Friedrich Gottlob Koenig''' (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a [[Germany|German]] [[inventor]] best known for his high-speed steam-powered [[printing press]], which he built together with watchmaker [[Andreas Friedrich Bauer]]. This new style of of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour<ref>Lyons, M. (2011). ''Books : a living history''. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2011.</ref>, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time.
He moved to London in 1804 and in 1810 was granted a [[patent]] on his press, which produced its first trial run in April 1812.<ref name="meggs130-133">Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (pp 130–133)</ref> The machine was set up in their workshop, and invitations sent out to potential customers, notably [[John Walter (second)|John Walter]] of ''[[The Times]]''. Amidst much secrecy, for fear of upsetting the existing pressmen, trials were carried out with great success. The first issue of ''The Times'' printed with the new presses was published on 29 November 1814.<ref name="meggs130-133"/>
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*[http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/print/3.html Koenig's press]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212153/http://www.kba-print.de/en/unternehmen/geschichte/1850-1875.html History of Koenig & Bauer]
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