Today's e-reader is a far technological cry from Gutenberg's press, but the purpose of the former remains the same as that of the latter: to efficiently disseminate information to a wide audience.

The printing press is “a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter”, explained History.com. Before its invention, all manuscripts had to be written out by hand, and the only ...

At any discussion of the most significant inventions in history, conversation will inevitably shift towards one thing: the printing press. To understand why the printing press is so important to human ...

The opening of a new state-of-the-art printing facility in Spokane Valley is the culmination of 581 years of printing technology, going back to Johannes Gutenberg, who developed the first real ...

Researchers gathered pages from a Gutenberg Bible and 15th-century Confucian texts to blast them with a high-powered X-ray. Andy Altman Former Director of Video Production Andy Altman covered all ...