The first printing press.0:06
The first printing was done in China and Japan in the 5th century.0:10
At that time, books were very hard to make and few people could read or write.0:15
So when a new book appeared, it was a great event and each book was unique.0:20
The first printers used blocks of wood and cut letters and pictures in them.0:26
The process was slow and hard.0:31
It took nearly a thousand years before any real change was made in book printing.0:34
Many men worked on the problem.0:39
Jochen Gutenberg, a German printer living in Mainz, is generally believed to be the first man who solved the problem.0:42
Gutenberg had the idea of using metal instead of wood and made the metal plates move.0:50
He printed his first book, the famous Gutenberg Bible, using his method between 1453 and 1456.0:57
Gutenberg's letters could be easily put into words, lines and pages.1:06
This system is still in use today in England.1:11
The first real printing press was used by William Caxton.1:14
He had learnt the method of printing in Germany.1:19
In 1477, Caxton's press at Westminster produced Dictes, the first dated book printed in England.1:22
Altogether, Caxton published more than 90 books, which included his own translations from French and Latin.1:31
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