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PRINTING HISTORY

Printing questions

ORIGINS

The world's first known movable type printing

technology was invented and developed in China

and Korea seventh century (600-699),

Chinese monks were setting ink to paper using

a method known as block printing, in which

wooden blocks are coated with ink and pressed

to sheets of paper.

DIAMOND SUTRA

One of the earliest surviving books

printed in this fashion an ancient

Buddhist text known as (The Diamond

Sutra) was created in 868 during the

Tang T'ang Dynasty (618-909) in China.

The book, which was sealed inside a

cave near the city of Dunhuang, China,

for nearly a thousand years before its

discovery in 1900

LANGUAGE

the first books written in Europe were the Latin

language the language spoken by the ancient

(Roman Empire)

INVENTOR OF PRINTING PRESS

Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the

inventor of the printing press. Indeed, the

German goldsmith's 15th-century

contribution to the technology was

revolutionary — enabling the mass

production of books and the rapid

dissemination of knowledge throughout

Europe. However, the history of printing

begins long before Gutenberg's time.

THE SPREAD OF PRINT

By 1471 printing had spread to other cities in

Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and France

By 1480 had spread to many other cities in

Germany, Switzerland,, Italy, Spain, and France and

also to Hungary, Poland, the Czech republic, Holland

Belgium and England

By 1500 printing had spread to almost very part of

Europa.

PRINTS IN 1800’S

The press could print 1,000 sheets in hour. By the

end of the 1800’s even more efficient machinery

could print 30,000 to 40,000 copies an hour.