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The printing press was invented about 565 years ago.

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How many seconds have passed since Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press?

There have been 17,798,140,800 seconds since the printing press was invented in 1450 by Johann Gutenberg. That is 205,997 days or 29,428 weeks.


How many copies is it esmtimated?

It is estimated that over 1 trillion copies of books have been sold worldwide since the invention of the printing press.


How many seconds of yesterday have passed since Johann Gutenburg's printing press?

500,546,234,123,673,246,634 seconds exactly. Or if you will, we can state it as 5 nights with your mom Oh!


Why did Johannes Gutenberg invent the printing press?

He invented the Printing press because before the printing press they wrote books by hand and they took for ever to finish 1. So they were really rare and only the people that were rich could afford to bye books so only the rich ones could read. Then when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press everyone could bye books and eventually it spread through out Europe . The printing press could print 31 pages before you could write 3 pages .


Why did the printing press spread so quickly throughout Europe?

before the printing press was upgraded by gutenberg, it was very hard to get a book. The printing press help make books cheaper so more people could afford them and read and discover the ideas inside the book.


How would you write about what changes have there been in print technology in the last 100 years What have there consequence been?

This is the type of question that is easy to ask but very difficult to answer in less than a lifetime. Until the invention of the printing press very few changes were possible. Since the invention of the printing press, desktop computer based printing, etc then more people more often have access to more information more often and in more places than 50 years ago let alone 100 years ago


What did the invetion of the printing press do for the renaissance and secular society?

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Disadvantages of the printing press in the renaissance?

A disadvantage of the printing press in the Renaissance was its access. Since only the very wealthy could afford the press, only certain items were printed. This made it easy to spread only certain ideas.


How did the printing press improve life?

The printing press was an amazingly beneficial device because before it, books were written by hand meaning they would have taken a long time but when the printing press was invented, text could be mass produced.


When a communication device such as the printing press was invented what was the most common method of communicating?

Before the Printing Press, books were both labor intensive to create and there wasn't much market for them since most people were illiterate. The most common method of communication was the telling of lore and tales to each succeeding generation but with the advent of the printing press, books became more widespread and literacy also increased as a result.


Why was the invation of printig so importantin china?

It wasn't important in China, but in Europe. For centuries before the printing press the Chinese were producing books and scrolls since 206 BC with ink rubbings on paper or cloth. Since Chinese is also made up of different characters and reads from up to down the printing press wouldn't have been useful.


What impact did the printing press invention make on society?

The printing press helped spread new ideas by making it easier for people to access books. Before this, books weren't as accessible since they had to be done by hand.