History of Printing Books

Karen Zhang
Nov 4 · 2 min read

San Francisco Center of The Books

Bookbinding

Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets. The stack is then bound together along one edge by either sewing with thread through the folds or by a layer of flexible adhesive. (Wiki)

example of bookbinding
Bookbinding machine (pressing a book and cover edges with animal glue)
example of early bookbinding

The Printing Press

Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg introduced the first movable type printing system in Europe. He advanced innovations in casting type based on a matrix and hand mould, adaptations to the screw-press, the use of an oil-based ink, and the creation of a softer and more absorbent paper. (Wiki)

Pressing machine
letter punch
furniture(stabilizing letter punches)
applying ink to letter punches
pressing machine
pressing machine
final output
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