What You Should Know About Printing Press Kits

By Eloise Hewitt


The press is a device for printing text and graphics on paper, exerting pressure on the sheet of paper placed on a plate, set of embossed characters or woodcut, pre-inked so that the ink is deposited on paper. Repeated operation provides a large number of identical copies. This is the focus of printing press kits, together with the use of mobile lead characters and specific greasy ink, which is the major invention of Johannes Gutenberg.

The Romans had inscriptions printed on clay objects. Modern print mechanisms were not created until about 1440, with the help of Johannes Gutenberg. In Europe, many people claimed to be part of this development, although reviews suggest that it was German Johannes Gutenberg's ideas that revolutionized the industry. He had a team that supported him as the inventor of typography.

Until 1450 and even beyond, the books were disseminated in manuscript copies by writers many of whom were monks and friars dedicated exclusively to prayer and custom replica copies of the clergy, kings and nobles. Despite popular belief, not all copyist monks were literate. In the Middle Ages, engraving was used in Europe to publish political advertisements, labels, and few work sheets or pamphlets.

The ink is also a major element of the invention of typography: they had to find ink that adhered to the metal and on paper without dripping or drooling. Instead of using the usual wooden tablets, which were worn with use, they drew up each of the letters in wooden molds and later filled the molds with lead, creating the first movable type.

New systems and structures never completely erased the earlier developments, but they simply overlapped. Thus, new techniques of information storage and retrieval have caused the print media to regroup and find new placements, often more specialized.

The machines consist mainly of small metal blocks carved with letters, symbols, and also spacebar organized into plates. This plate (matrix) with all necessary implements for forming characters would be taken to a machine called the press, which would put pressure on the matrix against several sheets of paper thus generating a sequence of pages that would be stored for use.

From a traditional composition, a blank is a kind of mold, it is cast from which lead is handled, so it has a composition of an entire page in a single block, which can be bent to fit a cylinder. The reciprocating motion of heavy form is replaced by a rotary motion (hence the name). Continuous, smooth and fast print speed is performed on a paper roll (cut in output release). All newspaper printers adopted the rotary.

This enables productivity benefits, producing fewer books to save costs. In addition to the direct benefits, digital printing opens up a new world; it is possible to send orders by email, online printing, copying texts in seconds, making quick communications and use universal formats like PDF.




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