While they were in Germany collecting funds for the Old Yishuv, Saloman and his friend learned the art of printing in Königsberg in Prussia. After acquiring the necessary equipment, they returned to Jerusalem in 1862 and founded one of the first Hebrew printing presses in the city, the Salomon Printing Press. The operation produced the first lithograph fabricated in Palestine, known as the . While folded, it resembled a red rose. When it was opened, artistic depictions of Jerusalem's Gates and the Western Wall were revealed.
