Printing Press

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Pressing power. The printing press squeezes inked letters onto paper or cloth using pressure, making perfect copies fast.

Before the press. People used to copy books and pictures by rubbing paper over inked surfaces by hand, which took forever.

World changer. The invention and spread of the printing press was one of the most influential developments of the early modern period.

Spread everywhere. Once invented, printing presses popped up across the globe, helping ideas and stories travel far and wide.