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Gutenberg started experimenting with printing in 1440 and had perfected the printing press by 1450. The printing press was groundbreaking as it replaced hand copying manuscripts with movable metal type that could be arranged and reused to print multiple copies of a page. This allowed for mass production of texts and greatly increased the spread of information and ideas. The printing press is credited with helping to standardize languages and contributing to the decline of Latin's dominance.

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STS Printing Press

Gutenberg started experimenting with printing in 1440 and had perfected the printing press by 1450. The printing press was groundbreaking as it replaced hand copying manuscripts with movable metal type that could be arranged and reused to print multiple copies of a page. This allowed for mass production of texts and greatly increased the spread of information and ideas. The printing press is credited with helping to standardize languages and contributing to the decline of Latin's dominance.

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Medieval Invention:

The Printing Press


Life before the Printing Press
◉ Writing and drawings were created by hand.
◉ Different materials such as clay and papyrus, wax, and
parchment were utilized to transcribe books.
◉ Usually reserved for scribes who lived and worked in
monasteries.

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Life before the Printing Press
◉ Block Printing – a method used by Chinese monks in
which wooden blocks are coated with ink and pressed
to sheets of paper.
◉ The Diamond Sutra
◉ Xylography – a method used by Europeans which is a
similar form to the Block Printing.

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Life before the Printing Press
◉ Development of the world’s first movable type by Bi
Sheng followed by the independent creation of
movable types from Chinese officials to Korean monks.
◉ The effect of the complexities of Asian writing systems
to the movable type invention.

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GUTENBERG’S
PRINTING PRESS

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GUTENBERG’S PRINTING
PRESS
Johannes Gutenberg started
experimenting with printing in
Strasbourg, France in 1440. By 1450,
he returned to Mainz and had a
printing machine perfected and ready
to use commercially.

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Gutenberg’s Printing Press
◉ Break down the conventional wooden blocks down to
their individual components.
◉ Lead, antimony, tin – few of the metals he used as an
alternative for the wooden blocks.
◉ Developed his own ink using linseed oil and soot to
affix to metal rather than wood.

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Gutenberg’s Printing Press
◉ Development of a press that mechanized the transfer
of ink from movable type to paper.
◉ Adapted screw mechanisms from wine presses,
papermakers’ presses and linen presses and retrofitted
it to his printing design.
◉ Gutenberg Bible – first printed book of the printing
press.
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The Aftermath of the Creation
◉ Hand-inked books were seen as a sign of luxury and
grandeur.
◉ Developed into an entirely new trade.
◉ Quick and cheap method of spreading information to
vast audiences.

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The Aftermath of the Creation
◉ Increased the discussion and development of new
ideas.
◉ Responsible for the decline of the Latin language.
◉ Helped standardize language, grammar and spelling.

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References
◉ Palermo, E. (2014, February 25). Who Invented the Printing Press?
Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/43639-who-invented-the-
printing-press.html
◉ The Invention and History of the Printing Press. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.psprint.com/resources/printing-press/
◉ History. (2018). Printing Press. Retrieved from
https://www.history.com/topics/printing-press

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