Печатарските машини се делят според начина си на работа на офсетни, флексографски, за висок и за дълбок печат. По типа на хартията печатните преси се делят на листови и ролни.
== Galerie ==
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European Output of Printed Books ca. 1450–1800.png|Production des livres imprimés jusqu'à 1800<ref>Buringh, Eltjo; van Zanden, Jan Luiten: "Charting the “Rise of the West”: Manuscripts and Printed Books in Europe, A Long-Term Perspective from the Sixth through Eighteenth Centuries", ''The Journal of Economic History'', Vol. 69, No. 2 (2009), pp. 409–445 (417, table 2)</ref>
Printing towns incunabula.svg|Imprimeries au XV siècle<ref name="ISTC">[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ ''Incunabula Short Title Catalogue''], consulté le 2 mars 2011</ref>
Incunabula distribution by region.png|Proportion des livres imprimés au XV siècle par région<ref name="ISTC"/>
Incunabula distribution by language.png|Proportion des livres imprimés au XV siècle par langue<ref name="ISTC"/>
