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Bi Sheng invented movable type printing using clay characters in 1041 in China. This innovation allowed for the easier and faster production of printed materials compared to traditional woodblock printing methods.
it was for printing out documents and printing other things.
it was for printing out documents and printing other things.
The first machine that did printing using movable type was a printing press. There is a link below.
Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing, in around 1439, and the global inventor of the printing press
Metal letters used to replace wood blocks for printing were called movable type. This innovation, credited to Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, revolutionized printing by allowing for faster and more efficient production of books and other printed materials.
Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type, which started the Printing Revolution. He was the first to use movable type for printing, and printed the first Gutenberg Bible. See the related link for more information.
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Printing Press
In the late 1440s Johann Gutenberg developed printing by movable type. (Printing using wood blocks and so on was already well known).Note that printing by movable type was already known in Korea.He invented the printing press in 1454.Gutenberg did not invent the printing press, the printing press he used was a modified lithography press that already existed. What he invented was movable type, which greatly sped up the process of setting up the press for printing.
The movable type printing press
Movable type printing was invented between 1041 and 1048 in Song dynasty China. Textual evidence includes the Dream Pool Essays written in 1088, which attributed the invention of the movable type to Bi Sheng. In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg independently invented movable type printing in Europe.