Printing press
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A printing press is a machine that transfers ink onto materials such as paper or cloth by applying pressure to an inked surface. It marked a major advance on earlier methods, in which ink was applied
A medieval university class, 1350s
Early modern wine press. Such screw presses, used in Europe for a wide range of uses, provided Gutenberg with the model for his printing press.
Movable type sorted in a letter case and loaded in a composing stick on top
A paper codex of the 42-line Bible, Gutenberg's major work
Johannes Gutenberg
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's inventio
Printing press
…invention and global spread of the printing press transformed book production and communication during the early modern period. Around 1440, the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented a method for mass-producing movable type for a printing press, beginning the Printing Revolution in Europe. Modeled on the screw presses already…
Gutenberg Monument by Bertel Thorvaldsen, erected 1837.
Celebration medal by Friedrich Anton König in 1840, the 400th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press invention, obverse
The reverse of the medal: Johannes Gutenberg in his workshop, sitting in front of his printing press
A 17th-century copper engraving depiction of Gutenberg