About UsA printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink, something not used in earlier methods of printing. Typically used for texts, the invention and spread of the printing press are widely regarded as the most influential events in the second millennium AD,revolutionizing the way people conceive and describe the world they live in, and ushering in the period of modernity.
A printing press, in its classical form, is a standing mechanism, ranging from 5 to 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. Type arranged into pages is placed in a frame to make a forme, which itself is placed onto a flat stone or 'bed'. |
Processing...
