print history

1. PRINTING HISTORY
Printing questions

2. 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.

3. 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

4. LANGUAGE
 the first books written in Europe were the Latin language the
language spoken by the ancient (Roman Empire)

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. P R INT S IN 1 8 0 0 ’ 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.