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Gutenberg’s Printing press

Zahraa Luay
Kawther Jassim
Introduction

-Description of how Gutenberg invented the printing press


Gutenberg's press was the combined effort of several discoveries and inventions. The printing press was
built around the traditional screw press, a precursor to today's drill press, with an added matrix on which
individually-cast letters and symbols could be arranged to form the desired text.

- Importance of movable type in printing

Used with the printing press, the first purpose was to allow printing to occur faster. The movable metal
text could be set relatively quickly and print as soon as it was set.
Second, movable type print is more accurate. Once the type is set, it will produce the same image
repeatedly.
In 1436 Johannes Gutenberg, a German
goldsmith, began designing a machine
capable of producing pages of text at an
incredible speed—a product that he hoped
would offset losses from a failed attempt
to sell metal mirrors. By 1440 Gutenberg
had established the basics of his
printing press including the use of a
mobile, reusable set of type, and within
ten years he had constructed a working
prototype of the press.. In 1454 This illustration depicts Johannes
Gutenberg put his press to commercial Gutenberg with his printing press.
use, producing thousands of indulgences One of the first bibles published
for the Church. off that press would cost $35
million nowadays.
The following year he printed his famous 42-
line Bible, the first book printed on a
moveable type press in the West.
Gutenberg's press was the combined effort of
several discoveries and inventions. The
printing press was built around the traditional
screw press, a precursor to today's drill
press, with an added matrix on which
individually-cast letters and symbols could be
arranged to form the desired text.
This moveable type design allowed
pages of text to be quickly assembled
from a pre-cast selection of letters
and symbols rather than laboriously
carved from a block of wood as in
the block printing method
Gutenberg also created a
unique oil-based ink which
transferred from his metal
type to the printing
substrate much more
effectively than the water-
based inks that other
printers of the era used. In
order to print a page,
Gutenberg would arrange the
necessary letters on the
matrix and coat them in his
ink. The matrix was then mounted
on the contact end of the
modified screw press and lowered
until it struck the paper
underneath. The process, while
labor intensive, allowed
Gutenberg to print pages at a
much greater rate than printers
using the block printing method
or those doing manuscript work.
Johannes Gutenberg's moveable
type press marked the beginning
of the Printing Revolution in the
western world, a colossal moment
in the history of information and
learning. With access to printing
presses, scientists, philosophers,
politicians, and religious
officials could replicate their
ideas quickly and make them
available to large audiences.
What did Johannes Gutenberg do to change
the world?
The type of mechanized printing press that Johannes
Gutenberg created in the 15th century made it possible
for the first time in Europe to manufacture large numbers
of books for relatively little cost. Books and other
printed matter consequently became available to a wide
general audience, greatly contributing to the spread of
literacy and education in Europe. Gutenberg did not,
however, invent printing with movable type, which
occurred in Korea in the 14th century.

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