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Gutenberg combined the above elements into a practical system which allowed the mass production of printed books and was economically viable for printers and readers alike. His method for making type ...

The Gutenberg printing press - invented in the 1440s by Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from Mainz in Germany - is widely considered to be one of humanity's defining inventions. Gutenberg figured out ...