Thursday, 20 April 2017

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Printing press is a device which applying pressure to an inked surface such as a cloth, it was used back in the day to print products such as newspapers and books. it was invented in the 1440 and was invented by Johsnnes Gutenberg.the printing press allows you to share large amount of information quickly in huge numbers.there was many advantages and disadvantages. Gutenberg's printing process was seen to be slow and tedious; compositors which was all typed together by hand, and a skilled compositor could do around 2,000 characters or letters in an hour. A computer can now do the same number of words in two or less seconds. Today, more words are being printed every second than were printed every year during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.so there would be no need for today's generation to be using press printing when it could all be done quicker and moe easier by a computer.
Advantages;
it reduced the costs of books
the readership was growing as books flooded the market
the speeded new ideas which could be disgusted more quicker and easier
people could now share there ideas more easily which a large amount of people
books where made quicker
brighter print outputs
led to a great growth in literacy
Disadvantages;
pollution issues surrounding
the culmination of toxic ink and bleaches used by some modern manufactures can have adverse effects on the surrounding environment.
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Letterpress printing was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century until the 19th century Letterpress printing was the primary way to print and distribute information until the 20th century. letterpress printing had a a big impact on all forms of data collection were affected by the invention of letterpress printing, as were many careers such as teachers, preachers,.letter press printing was the normal type of printing it was a process where many copies where able to be produced by repeated pressures of ink, raised surface against sheets.which can be used alongside metal type, or wood type. anything that is "type high" or .918 inches can be printed using letterpress.this type of printing was typically used for the small printing jobs such as business cards.as in many traditional printings there was many advantages and disadvantages for letterpress printing
advantages;
straight forward processes
handcrafted and very sharp images
disadvantages;
it was slow
color disadvantages

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