the printing press
How did the printing press work?
What motivated Gutenberg to find a better way of creating books?
Why did Gutenberg experiment with metal type versus wood type?
Post an example of movable type in a type case.
What is moveable type?
What is a matrix?
What ink did Gutenberg develop that he used specifically for the printing press?
What is paper made from? Where did paper originate?
What is a "substrate"?
Who did Gutenberg seek to help with the invention of the press? Close to the end of the 5 years, what happened?
What was the first book he printed?Post an example of this book.
How did the Gutenberg Press impact communication?
Who introduced the printing press to England?
What was the early form of newspapers?
When was the first news weekly published? What was it called?
What kind of press was built in the US in the mid 1800s?
Post an example of a 1930s printing press.
By the late 1930s, presses had increased in efficiency and were capable of 2,500 to 3,500 impressions per hour.
What is meant by "impression"?
Which printing process is the Gutenberg press an example of? Briefly describe the process?
Post an example of an intaglio press.
What is intaglio printing and how is ink transferred?
Post an example of a screen (porous) printing press.
What is porous printing and how is ink transferred?
Post an example of a lithography printing press.
What is lithography and how is ink transferred?
Post an example of a offset lithography printing press.
What variation of lithography is used by the commercial printing industry today?
How do printing presses used today compare to the Gutenberg Press?
Describe four-color process printing using CMYK?
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