The beginnings of modern printing in Bolesławiec date back to the mid-18th century. In 1760, the printer H. K. Muller from Jawor established a printing house in the Orphanage building. The printing house served the needs of the town by publishing printed materials. He was succeeded by Christian Wilhelm Reimers, who moved from Jelenia Góra and worked here for 32 years, until 1799. His workshop was equipped with two printing presses, and his printing house produced not only printed materials but also books.
In 1761, a publication by Muller reported that a library had been established in Bolesławiec for the purposes of the evangelical school located in the Orphanage. The donor of the books was Deacon Windeck, who had come from Złotoryja. It was a library serving not only the school. It contained more than 150 volumes on the day of its inauguration and was later expanded with publications from the printing house. It was destroyed by French troops, who were stationed in the Orphanage in 1813. The demand for books was growing, since in 1787 we find information that three bookbinding establishments were operating in Bolesławiec. The printing house’s success was the publication, in 1788, of the first chronicle of Bolesławiec in German; later, the printing house also printed chronicles of other nearby towns, including Lwówek Śl.
After Reimers’s death, the printing house was taken over by an owner named Holzer, but in practice it was managed by Jan Marcin Lindner, brought in from Halle, who printed until 1804.
In the first half of the 19th century, the printing house managed by Voigt published a pedagogical monthly (Pedagogische Wochter) in 1848, which shows that Bolesławiec was a significant pedagogical centre. From 1881, a monthly periodical published by the Independent Peasants’ Association was printed in Bolesławiec. Printing continued until 1903. A turning point in the development of printing in Bolesławiec was the establishment of Louis Fernbach’s printing house on Pocztowa Street (today Mickiewicza Street), followed by its expansion and management by his sons Herman, Benno and Otto (1872–1883). The printing house operated until 1942. It produced many printed works and books, including the local press and the largest newspaper, "Bunzlauer Stadtblatt", as well as many other local and Silesian newspapers...