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<h1><a href="index.html">Print Culture</a></h1>
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<li><a href="Originpg1.html">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="Originpg2.html">The Printing Press</a></li>
<li><a href="Originpg3.html">Print in The nineteenth century</a></li>
<li><a href="Originpg4.html">India and the World of print</a></li>
<li><a href="Originpg5.html">Print and Censorship</a></li>
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<h2>The Printing Press</h2>
<p>For centuries, silk and spices from China flowed into Europe through
the silk route. In the eleventh century, Chinese paper reached Europe
via the same route. Paper made possible the production of
manuscripts, carefully written by scribes. Then, in 1295, Marco Polo,
a great explorer, returned to Italy after many years of exploration in
China. Marco Polo brought this knowledge of printing with him. Print culture became famous in Europe!</p>
<p>Gutenberg was the son of a merchant and grew up on a large
agricultural estate. From his childhood he had seen wine and olive
presses. Subsequently, he learnt the art of polishing stones, became a
master goldsmith, and also acquired the expertise to create lead
moulds used for making trinkets. </p>
<p>The methods of printing using a woodblock were very slow and to tackle this problem, Gutenberg adapted existing technology to design his innovation- The printing press.
The olive press provided the model for the printing press, and moulds
were used for casting the metal types for the letters of the alphabet.
By 1448, Gutenberg perfected the system. The first book he printed
was the Bible. About 180 copies were printed and it took three
years to produce them. By the standards of the time this was fast
production.</p>
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<p>In the hundred years between 1450 and 1550, printing presses were
set up in most countries of Europe. Printers from Germany travelled
to other countries, seeking work and helping start new presses. As
the number of printing presses grew, book production boomed.
The second half of the fifteenth century saw 20 million copies of
printed books flooding the markets in Europe. The number went
up in the sixteenth century to about 200 million copies.
This shift from hand printing to mechanical printing led to the
print revolution</p>
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<center><img src="img/bible.PNG" alt="A page of one of the first printed copies of the Bible">
<figcaption>A page of one of the first printed copies of the Bible</center></figcaption>
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