Printing Press to 3D Printing Then to Now Tech By Jennifer Colby 21st Century Junior Library
In China wood blocks were used to handprint books Designs were cut into pieces of wood that were then used for printing
Printing for the Masses Mass printing techniques were used as early as the 7th century in China before spreading to the rest of Asia In the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg created his printing press in Germany Printing presses allow books to be printed by machine instead of being copied by hand