In Germany, around 1440, the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, which started the Printing Revolution.

Dec 10, 2025 · Movable type and paper were invented in China, and printing with movable type was undertaken in Korea by the 14th century, if not earlier. The printing press first became mechanized in …

May 7, 2018 · No one knows when the first printing press was invented or who invented it, but the oldest known printed text originated in China during the first millennium A.D.

Invention of the printing press has been attributed to various people, including Laurens J. Coster of the Netherlands and Panfilo Castaldi of Italy, but most scholars credit Johannes Gutenberg, a German …

Jan 2, 2024 · Who invented the printing press? Johannes Gutenberg, born probably in the 1390s in Mainz (then within the Holy Roman Empire), is credited with inventing the printing press. A skilled …

What was the printing press? Johannes Gutenberg invented the first mechanical movable-type printing press in Europe around 1440 in the German city of Mainz, where he combined his experience as a …

Jan 2, 2026 · Johannes Gutenberg, German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type. Elements of his invention included a durable type-metal alloy, an oil-based ink …

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg[b] (c. 1393 – 1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press.

Gutenberg's press was the combined effort of several discoveries and inventions. The printing press was built around the traditional screw press, a precursor to today's drill press, with an added matrix on …

Aug 28, 2019 · German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press around 1436, although he was far from the first to automate the book-printing process.