UGutenberg wayeyindodana yomthengisi futhi wakhulela efa lezolimo elikhulu. Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe wayeke wabona imingcindezi yewayini neminqumo kamuva, waba yi-Polishing Stones, waba yi-Master Goldsmith, futhi wathola nobungcweti bokwakha isikhunta esisetshenziselwa ukwenza ama-Trinkets. Ukudweba ngalolu lwazi, uGutenberg wavumelanisa nobuchwepheshe obukhona ukuklama amasu akhe amasha. Umshini we-Olive wanikeza imodeli yokushicilela yabezindaba, futhi kwasetshenziselwa isikhunta sokuphonsa izinhlobo zensimbi ngezinhlamvu zamagama. Ngo-1448, uGutenberg walungisa uhlelo. Incwadi yokuqala ayiphrinta yiBhayibheli. Cishe amakhophi angama-180 anyatheliswa futhi kwathatha iminyaka emithathu ukuzala. Ngamazinga wesikhathi lokhu kwakukhiqizwa ngokushesha.
Ubuchwepheshe obusha bebengakususa ngokuphelele ubuciko obukhona bokukhiqiza izincwadi ngesandla.
Eqinisweni, izincwadi eziphrintiwe ekuqaleni zazifana kakhulu nemibhalo yesandla ebhaliwe ngokubukeka nesakhiwo. Izincwadi zensimbi zalingisa izitayela ezibhalwe ngesandla ezihlotshiswe ngesandla. Imingcele yakhanyisiwe ngesandla namahlamvu namanye amaphethini, nemifanekiso yapenda. Ezincwadini eziphrintiwe kwabacebile, isikhala somhlobiso sagcinwa singenalutho ekhasini eliphrintiwe. Umthengi ngamunye angakhetha umklamo futhi anqume ngesikole sokupenda esasizokwenza imifanekiso
Eminyakeni eyikhulu phakathi kuka-1450 no-1550, kwamiswa imishini yokunyathelisa emazweni amaningi aseYurophu. Abaphrinti abavela eJalimane baye kwamanye amazwe, bafuna umsebenzi futhi basiza ukuqala imishini emisha. Njengoba inani lemishini yokunyathelisa likhula, ukukhiqizwa kwezincwadi kukhule. Ingxenye yesibili yekhulu leshumi nanhlanu yabona amakhophi angama-20 million wezinto eziphrintiwe ezigcwala izimakethe eYurophu. Inani lakhuphuka ngekhulu leshumi nesithupha laya kumakhophi ayizigidi ezingama-200.
Lokhu kuguqukela ekuphrintweni ngesandla ekuphrintweni kwemishini kuholele ekuguqukeni kokuphrinta.
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