History of printing Paris. In 1473 Kasper Straube published the "Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474" in Kraków. Dirk Martens set up a printing press in Aalst (Flanders) in 1473. He printed a book about the two lovers of Enea Piccolomini who became Pope Pius II. In 1476 a printing press was set up in England by William Caxton. The Italian Juan Pablos set up an imported press in Mexico City in 1539. The first printing press in Southeast Asia was set up in the Philippines by the Spanish in 1593. The Rev. Jose Glover intended to bring the first printing press to England's
History of printing and publishing in Dhaka the first Muslim Printing Press of Dhaka, situated at Fazle Ali Bazar near Begum Bazar. Munshi Mohammad Jan was its owner. In 1878–79, 'Sayedi Jantra was set up in the same place with Abul Baset as its owner. 'Azizia Press' (আজিজিয়া প্রেস) was perhaps established in 1882 in Mogoltuli. The owner of the press was the puthi-writer Munshi Mohammad Foyezuddin. To print Musalmani puthi, a special kind of type was necessary. Before the establishment of printing press, they had to use the press of the Hindus. Thus there were usually some spelling mistakes. Many puthi writers used their own styles