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868
Chinese Uses Xylography to Print "The Diamond Sutra".
Printing was invented in China during the Tang Dynasty. The earliest form of Chinese printing relied on blocks cut from wood. These blocks were used to print textiles and reproduce Buddhist texts. Short religious texts printed in this fashion were carried as charms. -
Period: 868 to
Printing Press
How the printing press makes our world, our world. -
1450
Johannes Gutenberg Printing Press
The printing press had huge effects on European civilization. Its instant effect was that it spread information quickly and accurately. This helped create a wider literate reading public. -
1450
Affects on the Catholic Church
The influence and spread of Martin Luther's ideas can be thanked that the invention of the printing press came in 1450. Luther's ideas permanently changed the Catholic Church. The printing press allowed for a rapid spread of ideas to a whole new group of people. -
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1455
First Bible
Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. -
1457
Mainz Psalter
The Mainz Psalter was the second major book printed with movable type in the West. It is a psalter commissioned by the Mainz archbishop. -
First Weekly Newspaper Printed
The first weekly newspaper was published in Germany by Johann Carolus. Called Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, the publication satisfied the four tenets of a “true” newspaper: Accessibility by the public. -
Typewriter
The typewriter works similar to the printing press.
For a mechanical typewriter, each key is one end of a lever. The key raises the other end of the lever, and this in turn causes the letter to be pressed against a ribbon containing ink, and the letter and ribbon together being pressed against a piece of paper. -
Epson SureColor P600 Inkjet Printer
Now we have fancy printers. If no one ever took the first step we wouldn't have any type (get it "type") of printer today.
