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What is the printing press? Who invented it?

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Gutenberg invented the printing press

Its a press that you can press on paper and it pringts something out. it also made it a lot more acessible and easier to read books.

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Goldsmith and inventor Johannes Gutenberg was a political exile from Mainz, Germany when he began experimenting with printing in Strasbourg, France in 1440. He returned to Mainz several years later and by 1450, had a printing machine perfected and ready to use commercially: The Gutenberg press.

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The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers.

inventor Johannes Gutenberg

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