Which moveable pieces were used by the traditional printing press?

see full answer

Your Exam Success, Personally Taken Care Of

1:1 expert mentors customize learning to your strength and weaknesses – so you score higher in school , IIT JEE and NEET entrance exams.

An Intiative by Sri Chaitanya

Small metal

Wooden blocks

Large metal

None of the above

answer is A.

(Unlock A.I Detailed Solution for FREE)

Best Courses for You

JEE

NEET

Foundation JEE

Foundation NEET

CBSE

Detailed Solution

Small metals were used by the traditional printing press. In a conventional printing press, moveable type—small metal pieces with raised reversed letters—is set in a frame, inked, and then applied to a sheet of paper. It's a printed page if you take away the paper. When you do this with all the pages of a book, a printed copy is the result. Repeat this several times, and soon mass-produced, printed books appear. It is often believed that Gutenberg invented the printing press in Mainz, Germany, in the year 1440 AD. The printing of the Bible in the 1450s marked the beginning of the printing press's spread throughout Europe. In fact, books existed in Europe long before then, but they were solely available to the clergy and only in hand-copied volumes. As literacy increased, it transformed Europe in the late 1400s and altered politics, religion, and lifestyles all around the world.

Watch 3-min video & get full concept clarity