The Printing Press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1436. His goal was to create this machine so that people could have easier access to novels and documents that would be nearly impossible to come across before hand. He also wanted to create this machine to impress God as well. His first order of duty was to print the Bible. He strived to get as many copies out into the world to share the true word of God. Gutenberg faced many challenges when creating the printing press. He had borrowed money from Fust for his invention and soon enough he found himself in debt. Unable to pay his debt, Gutenberg paced around anxiously wondering if he had done all this hard work for nothing. He knew it would've paid off in the end, but it may be too late. He waited for the verdict from the judge and thankfully the judge had faith in his work and stood in his favor. Gutenberg happily got back to work and later, his invention came to life.
This German goldsmith succeeded with this machinery by copying 200 books of the Bible in Latin which ended up taking 3 years. However, it was a rough start. Not many could read in latin and some couldn't even read at all. Later after Gutenbergs passing, the Printing press was beginning to get Europe out of the Middle Ages. A Global News Network was created and people began to pay others to read them the information. The Printing Press began to become a bigger deal once Martin Luther made printings of his books. Martin Luther was a First Generation Reformer known as a "Heretic" When he created copies of his books, he became the worlds first, best selling author. Now, thanks to the Printing Press, everyone could get the chance to hear truth and gather the same knowledge as one another and writers are now able to be heard by the people. It was a reformative moment as well as a motivating moment for all. The Printing Press continued to be made out of wood and one screw and sometimes stone beds would be enclosed with coffin material. Around 1620, The printing press was actually finally upgraded. The machine had two plates that could carry 24 pages. It then was able to shrink the words down to fit onto 16 so that the publicist could have options of a journal to be 16, 20 or 24 pages. It also had the ability to form a cover in a separate colored paper and managed to fully print 24,000 copies per hour with the book binder together with the cover page and regular text.
On the other hand, the Printing Press had some negative impacts as well. By having this new machine, it stole jobs from the people who were basically the "original" Printing Press! This may have hinted at the people the idea of machinery stealing jobs from people since this was before the Industrial Revolution. Although it docked a lot of peoples jobs, it also sparked creativity in those to write and sell their novels or documents to others, creating a new form of job. It also created the start to our printers we have now and after various improvements, little by little the printing press has formed into an exceptional high tech machine that can make a copy in just a few seconds with just a click of a button.
All in all, This printing press completely changed their way of life in more good ways than bad. It opened up many opportunities for everyone to understand the truth behind topics, gain better reading, writing and speaking skills, become more knowledgable over all, spark creativity, get a job, and so much more.
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