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A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the cloth, paper, or other medium was brushed or rubbed repeatedly to achieve the transfer of ink and accelerated the process.
In 1470 Johann Heynlin set up a printing press in Paris. In 1473 Kasper Straube published the Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 in Kraków. Dirk Martens set up a printing press in Aalst in 1473. He printed a book about the two lovers of Enea Piccolomini who became Pope Pius II. In 1476 a printing press was set up in England by William Caxton.
The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439. [1] Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing .
The current renaissance of letterpress printing has created a crop of hobby press shops that are owner-operated and driven by a love of the craft. Several larger printers have added an environmental component to the venerable art by using only wind-generated electricity to drive their presses and plant equipment. Notably, a few small boutique ...
At the same time there was a need for the General Assembly to establish a press and appoint an official printer to perform the printing of legislative acts in the colonies. [74] With the invention of the printing press a powerful tool was given to the common class who naturally was inclined to publicly challenge monarchial authority.
A History of Printing in the United States, Volume 2. R.R. Bowker Company. OCLC 1060556328. —— (1930). The first printing in Nova Scotia. Chicago : Eyncourt Press. Mellen, Roger P. (2009). The origins of a free press in pre-revolutionary Virginia, creating a culture of political dissent. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-38774.
Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark. William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer.He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
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