Printing Press

The printing press was originally invented in 1450, by Johann Gutenberg for the printing of texts. This apparatus literally squashes the printing block and the paper together, thus transferring the image from the one to the other. Usually the artist lays the paper on top of the inked block or matrix, and introduces it into the printing press. The artist turns a wheel to adjust the pressure squeezing the block tightly against the paper, transferring the ink from block to paper.