Woraus gutenberg printing press besteht
A machine for reproducing text: type set from letters, ink and a screw press.
- Movable type — hat als Teil. Text is set from metal type.
- Screw press — hat als Teil. Gutenberg adapted the screw press known from pressing grapes.
- Paper — nutzt. The impression is made on paper.
- Mechanical reproduction of information — nutzt. The press was the first to mechanize the reproduction of text on a mass scale.
- Ink — nutzt. An impression needs ink; Gutenberg used an oil-based one.
- Kodex — nutzt. The press printed sheets that were bound into codex books.