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=== Printing capacity === The table lists the maximum number of pages which various press designs could print ''per hour''. {| class="wikitable" |- | ! colspan="2" | Hand-operated presses ! colspan="4" | Steam-powered presses |- ! width="10%" | ! width="10%" | Gutenberg-style <br />{{Circa|1600}} ! width="10%" | [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope|Stanhope]] press <br />{{Circa|1800}} ! width="10%" | [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] press <br />1812<!-- British patent nos. 3496 and 3725 --> ! width="10%" | Koenig press <br />1813<!-- British patent no. 3725 (Doppelmaschine) --> ! width="10%" | Koenig press <br />1814<!-- British patent no. 3868 --> ! width="10%" | Koenig press <br />1818<!-- British patent no. 3868 (Zweitourenmaschine) --> |- |Impressions per hour | 200<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pollak |first1=Michael |title=The performance of the wooden printing press |journal=The Library Quarterly |date=1972 |volume=42|issue=2| pages=218β64 |doi=10.1086/620028| jstor=4306163|s2cid=144726990}}</ref> || 480{{sfn|Bolza|1967|p=80}} || 800{{sfn|Bolza|1967|p=83}} || 1,100{{sfn|Bolza|1967|p=87}} || 2,000{{sfn|Bolza|1967|p=88}} || 2,400{{sfn|Bolza|1967|p=88}} |- |}
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