Armenian printing
After the introduction of movable printing type to Europe by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany, Armenians from throughout the diaspora began to publish Armenian-language books. The first book which had Armenian letters was published in Mainz in 1486. The first Armenian book to be published by the printing press was Urbatagirq—Book of Friday prayers—which was published by Hakob Meghapart in Venice in 1512.
History
In the 16th century there were published 31 books, in 17th century – 164 and in 18th there were 824 Armenian books printed.- The first Armenian book was published by Hakob Meghapart in 1512 in Venice. The book was called «Ուրբաթագիրք».
- Abgar Dpir Tokhatetsi published an Armenian book in Constantinople in 1568.
- The first Armenian printing house in Persia was established in New Julfa in 1636. The first book to be published in this printing house was «Սաղմոսարան» ; it was published in 1638 by Khachatur Kesaratsi, while the first Persian book in Persia was published 192 years later in 1830.
- The first Armenian printing house in Armenia was established in Vagharshapat in 1771 and the first book was called «Զբօսարան Հոգեւոր» ; it was published in 1772 by Simeon I of Yerevan.
- *The first Armenian printing house in Yerevan was established in 1876 by Z. Hakobyan. In 1880 E. Ter-Grigoryan became director of the printing house and worked there until the 1910s. The first book printed in the printing house was E. Ter-Grigoryan's "Trchnik" collection.
- The first Armenian printing house in Russia was set up in Saint Petersburg in 1781. Grigor Khaldariants' had type sent from London, and under the sponsorship of the Primate of Armenians in Russia, Bishop Hovsep' Arghutian, he edited the first Armenian book to be published in the Tsarist realm, «Տետրակ այբբենական» in 1781. He then printed works such as «Բանալի գիտութեան», «Շաւիղ լեզվագիտութեան», and «Ընդհանրական» by Nersés Shnorhali.
20th century
Since 1920 to the 1980s main centers of the Armenian printing press in the diaspora were Istanbul, Cairo and Beirut. At this moment the Armenian Diaspora was published about 21 thousand titles. Total number of items of Armenian newspapers in 1512 and 1980, more than 80 thousand.
Armenian printing houses worldwide
The following table is a list of the Armenian printing houses from 1512 to 1800.| Year | Place | Book | Publisher | Year |
| 1512 |  Venice | «Ուրբաթագիրք» | Hakob Meghapart | 1512 |
| 1513 | Venice | «Պարզատումար» | Hakob Meghapart | 1512 |
| 1513 | Venice | «Պատարագագիրք» | Hakob Meghapart | 1513 |
| 1513 | Venice | «Աղթարք» | Hakob Meghapart | 1513 |
| 1513 | Venice | «Տաղարան» | Hakob Meghapart | 1513 |
| 1565 | Venice | «Խառնափնթուր տումարի գեղեցիկ եւ պիտանի» | Abgar Dpir Tokhatetsi | 1565 |
| 1567 |  Constantinople | «Փոքր քերականութիւն» | Abgar Dpir Tokhatetsi | 1567 |
| 1584 |  Rome | «Տոմար Գրիգորեան» | Dominico Basa | 1584 |
| 1616 | Lviv | «Սաղմոսարան» | Yovhannes Karamatanents | 1616 |
| 1621 |  Milan | "Dictionarium Armeno-Latinum" | Collegium Ambrosianum | 1621 |
| 1633 |  Paris | «Բառգիրք Հայոց» | Antonius Vitray | 1633 |
| 1638 | New Julfa | «Սաղմոս ի Դավիթ» | Khachatur Kesaratsi of the Vank Cathedral | 1638 |
| 1641 | New Julfa | «Հարանց Վարք» | Khachatur Kesaratsi of the Vank Cathedral | 1641 |
| 1641 | New Julfa | «Խորհրդատետր» | Khachatur Kesaratsi of the Vank Cathedral | 1641 |
| 1642 | New Julfa | «Ժամագիրք Ատենի» | Khachatur Kesaratsi of the Vank Cathedral | 1642 |
| 1644 | Livorno | «Գիրք եւ Սաղմոսք Դաւթի որ եւ Սաղմոսարան կոչի» | Yovhannes Jughayetsi | 1644 |
| 1647 | New Julfa | «Գիրք տումարաց որ եւ պարզատումար կոչի» | Yovhannes Jughayetsi | 1647 |
| 1660 |  Amsterdam | "Visus Ordi" | Matteos Caretsi and Avetis Ghlitshents | 1660–1661 |
| 1672 | Marseille | «Սաղմոսարան» | Oskan Yerevantsi | 1672 |
| 1676 | Smyrna | «Մաշտոց» | N/A | 1676 |
| 1680 |  Leipzig | "Obadias Armenus" | Justinus Brand | 1680 |
| 1690 | Padua | «Դաշանց թուղթ» | Timoteos Garnuk | 1690 |
| 1736 |  London | Movses Khorenatsi, «Պատմություն» Armenian and Latin | William and George Whiston | 1736 |
| 1771 | Vagharshapat | «Սաղմոսարան» | St. Gregory the Illuminator Press | 1772 |
| 1776 |  Trieste | «Աղօթք Յուսկան» | Mkhitarist Press | 1774 |
| 1781 |  Saint Petersburg | «Ժամագիրք» | Grigor Khaldareants | 1783 |
| 1786 | Nakhichevan-on-Don | «Սաղմոսարան» | Holy Cross Monastery Press | 1790 |
| 1796 | Astrakhan | «Հրովարտակ» | Arghuteants press | 1796 |
| 1796 | Calcutta | «Վիճաբանութիւն ար շահ Սլեմանն պարսից» | Hovsep Stepanosyan | 1797 |
| 1810 | Bombay | |||
| 1812 | Vienna | |||
| 1820 | Moscow | |||
| 1823 | Tiflis | |||
| 1828 | Shusha | |||
| 1833 | Jerusalem | |||
| 1848 |  Bahçecik | |||
| 1856 | Shamakhi | |||
| 1857 |  New York City | |||
| 1858 | Van | |||
| 1859 |  Feodosiya, Crimea | |||
| 1863 | Muş | |||
| 1863 |  Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.png" /> Manchester | |||
| 1865 |  Cairo | |||
| 1871 | Sivas | |||
| 1872 | Baku | |||
| 1874 | Elisabethpol | |||
| 1875 | Rostov-on-Don | |||
| 1876 | Erivan | |||
| 1877 | Alexandrapol | |||
| 1877 |  Focşani | |||
| 1883 | Tokat | |||
| 1884 |  Varna | |||
| 1888 |  Alexandria | |||
| 1888 | Akhaltsikh | |||
| 1889 | Tabriz | |||
| 1890 | Nor Bayazet | |||
| 1891 |  Geneva | |||
| 1891 | Rousse | |||
| 1892 |  Athens | |||
| 1894 | Tehran | |||
| 1899 |  Boston |