Who is Johannes Gutenberg and what is he known for?

Answer 1

Gutenberg

He invented the printing press--influenced the production of books, which influenced the ability to mass produce ideas to society. His invention influenced modern day technology of printing.

He produced the first typographic book…the 36 or 42 line Bible around 1450-55

His process of producing movable type was done more quickly because everything was not hand painted like the previous years. He invented a machine that used a punch, matrix, and sort. The oil based ink and the type mold he used were particular to the process. The metal was different than other metals used previously.

Answer 2

Johannes Gutenberg invented the mechanical printing press.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg(c.1398-1468) was a German goldsmith and printer who is credited with being the first European to use movable type printing (around 1439) and the global inventor of the mechanical printing press. His major work, the Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible), has been acclaimed for its high aesthetic and technical quality.

Answer 3

Johannes gutenberg was the inventor of the printing press. He got the idea for making the printing press by seeing the wine presses in his agricultural estate.He was a printer by profession as he owned a printing press.

Answer 4

He was a printer that experimented with movable metal type.

He produced the first complete printed copy of The Bible done with movable type. The translation he printed was the Latin Vulgate (common people's Latin) used by the church of his time.

Answer 5

Johan Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg) is credited with inventing the printing press. He was german, and lived in the 1400s.

Answer 6

Johann Gutenberg was the man who invented printing.