Printing PressGutenberg1440Submitted by: Geoff Howard
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Gutenberg printiung press
Before the development of printing, books had to be copied by hand, often by monks, as one read out loud for others to copy, and later by paid copyists in universities. Gutenberg, a German goldsmith from Mainx, about 1440, first used printing using separate metal type. The type was organised in wooden trays positoned one above the other to make selection by hand easier - capital letters in the "upper case" and small letters in the "lower case". Once invented, printing using movable type spread quickly, brought to England by Caxton in 1476. By 1500, Caxton had produced about 500 high quality books.
