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Gutenberg Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg
How the Printing Press works - The type is layed out and inked -The paper is placed on the type - A flat surface is lowered onto the paper causing the inkt to be printed onto the paper
The 42 page Gutenberg Bible. The first book printed on the Gutenberg Press
Movable Type -There were 100,000 peices of type that Gutenberg created. -It would have taken years to make only the type. -A matrix was devised to allow the quick development of the type. - Type was made out of an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony
Gutenberg's shop _ There were approximately 25 employes at the Printing shop. - It took half of a day to prepare the press. - that included; setting the type, inking the type, setting the paper, pressing the paper, and laying the paper
