Created the hand press. Most influential person of all times.
2. How did the printing press work?
Ink was rolled over the raised surface of movable hand set of black letters held within a wooden frame then pressed against a piece of paper
3. What motivated Gutenberg to find a better way of creating books?
Watching goldsmiths a jewelers and his love of reading.
4. Why did Gutenberg experiment with metal type versus wood type? Wood cuts were no durable and split in the press after repeated use.
5. What is moveable type?
system of printing that used movable components to reproduce the elements of document (usually individual letters or punctuation).
6.What is a matrix?
I was more duable in the press, melted at a lot temp, and cast well in the die. Hard metal punch is hammered int a softer copper bar, creating a matrix.
7. What ink did Gutenberg develop that he used specifically for the printing press?
Oil based ink.
8. What is paper made from? Where did paper originate?
Used vellum and paper to print on. Paper is a substrate made from wood pulp. From the Chinese.
9.What is a "substrate"?
10. Who did Gutenberg seek to help with the invention of the press? Close to the end of the 5 years, what happened?
John Fust. Fust sued to get his money. He had to turn over the press, tools, materials, and all 180 bibles.
11. What was the first book he printed? The bible.
12. How did the Gutenberg Press impact communication?
Perfected script and made it easier to read. Books made more rapidly, current info could be shared locally and around the world. Costs of books decreased allowing more people to buy them. Demand grew and population became more literate. Greater variety of books. Book trade became to flourish as well as industries like paper making. Economies stronger, art and science became to flourish.
13.Who introduced the printing press to England?
William Caxton.
12.What was the early form of newspapers?
trade news letters.
13.When was the first news weekly published? What was it called?
In 1704 called the Boston Letter.
14.What kind of press was built in the US in the mid 1800s?
Press made of cast iron.
15. 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"?
Prints.
16.Which printing process is the Gutenberg press an example of? Briefly describe the process?
Relief printing. Movable type is placed into the press. Ink is spread onto the type. Paper is placed on top. The press applies the direct pressure needed to transfer the ink to the paper.
Post an example of an intaglio press.
Print making, the image are is etched into the place surface to hold the ink. INk is applied to the sure then rubbed with a cloth to remove the excess. The press applies pressure to transfer the ink.
Post an example of a screen (porous) printing press.
basic stencil process. Image carries is attached to a screen. Ink is forced through open mesh areas.
Post an example of a lithography printing press.
Printing from a flat surface. Drawing or artwork is made on the plate with greasy ink or crayon. Water is applied. When ink spread on top the greasy part accept the ink. The wet parts don't.
Post an example of a offset lithography printing press.
Off set lithography.
21. How do printing presses used today compare to the Gutenberg Press?
They use to same basic technology.
22.Describe four-color process printing using CMYK?
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