Bythistime，otherwell-knownLondonprinters，Messrs。TaylorandWoodfall，hadjoinedKoenigandBensleyintheirpartnershipforthemanufactureandsaleofprintingmachines。TheideawhichnowoccurredtoKoenigwas，toemployacylinderinsteadofaflatPlatenmachine，fortakingtheimpressionsoffthetype，andtoplacethesheetroundthecylinder，therebymakingit，asitwere，partoftheperiphery。Asearlyastheyear1790，oneWilliamNicholsonhadtakenoutapatentforamachineforprinting“onpaper，linen，cotton，woollen，andotherarticles，“
bymeansof“blocks，forms，types，plates，andoriginals，“whichweretobe“firmlyimposeduponacylindricalsurfaceinthesamemannerascommonletterisimposeduponaflatstone。“[3]Fromthementionof“colouringcylinder，“and“paper-hangings，floor-cloths，cottons，linens，woollens，leather，skin，andeveryotherflexiblematerial，“mentionedinthespecification，itwouldappearasifNicholson’sinventionwereadaptedforcalico-printingandpaper-hangings，aswellasfortheprintingofbooks。Butitwasneverusedforanyofthesepurposes。Itcontainedmerelytheregisterofanidea，andthatwasall。ItwasleftforAdamParkinson，ofManchester，toinventandmakepracticaluseofthecylinderprintingmachineforcalicointheyear1805，andthiswasstillfurtheradvancedbytheinventionofJamesThompson，ofClitheroe，in1813；whileitwasleftforFrederickKoenigtoinventandcarryintopracticaloperationthecylinderprintingpressfornewspapers。
Aftersomepromisingexperiments，theplansforanewmachineonthecylindricalprinciplewereproceededwith。KoenigadmittedthroughoutthegreatbenefithederivedfromtheassistanceofhisfriendBauer。“Bythejudgmentandprecision，“hesaid，“withwhichheexecutedmyplans，hegreatlycontributedtomysuccess。“ApatentwastakenoutonOctober30th，1811；andthenewmachinewascompletedinDecember，1812。Thefirstsheetseverprintedwithanentirelycylindricalpress，weresheetsG
andXofClarkson’s’LifeofPenn。’ThepapersoftheProtestantUnionwerealsoprintedwithitinFebruaryandMarch，1813。Mr。
Koenig，inhisaccountoftheinvention，saysthat“sheetMofActon’s’HortusKewensis，’vol。v。，willshowtheprogressofimprovementintheuseoftheinvention。Altogether，thereareabout160，000sheetsnowinthehandsofthepublic，printedwiththismachine，which，withtheaidoftwohands，takesoff800