Chinese invention of printing

Pages of Pen ts'ao medical herbal. See how illustrations and calligraphy were used for headings

Printing in East Asia originated in China, evolving from ink rubbings made on paper or cloth from texts on stone tablets used during the sixth century. 

Chinese seals (also called chops) used as a form of relief printing in 300 AD

Mechanical woodblock printing on paper started in China during the 7th century in the Tang dynasty. The use of woodblock printing spread throughout East Asia. As recorded in 1088 by Shen Kuo in his Dream Pool Essays, the Chinese artisan Bi Sheng invented an early form of movable type using clay and wood pieces arranged and organized for written Chinese characters. The use of metal movable type was known in Korea by the 13th century during the Goryeo period, with the world's oldest surviving printed book using moveable metal type being from 1377 in Korea (from Wikipedia).

Another early form of Chinese graphic design in printing was playing cards. These sheet dice were first printed on heavy paper cards when paged books replaced manuscript scrolls (from MHGD).

Yuan Chao Meng-fu's 14th century painting of a goat a sheep has both painting and chop prints