Q 10. What were the features of Gutenberg Printing Press?
- 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.
- He learnt the art of polishing stones and became a master goldsmith acquired the expertise to create lead moulds.
- These moulds were used for making trinkets.
- Drawing on this knowledge Gutenberg adapted technology to design his innovation.
- 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.
