Why is Gutenberg called "the father of modern printing"

Johannes' Fleisch Zurladenzum Gutenberg, 1397, Johannes Gutenberg (also translated as "Gutenberg", "Gutenberg" and "Gutenberg", 1397 was born in Mainz, Germany, and/kloc-0 died in Mainz on February 3, 468) is a western movable type. Gutenberg used metal letters to arrange them into printed pages. The novelty of this method is that these letters can be reused, but the old wood-cut floor can't be reused. They can only be printed on the upper page, and cannot be used to print other pages. To this day, Gutenberg's Bible is still regarded as a treasure in printing art. Especially its typesetting is very beautiful.

Gutenberg's invention soon spread in Europe. In the past 50 years, 30,000 kinds of printed materials have been printed by this new method, and * * *120,000 copies have been printed.

Victor hugo called printing the greatest invention in the world. The letters used by Gutenberg consist of alloys of lead, zinc and other metals. They cool very quickly and can withstand the pressure of printing. The printing itself adopts the rotary shaft printing method, printing paper and parchment.

Gutenberg's printing technology makes printed matter very cheap, the printing speed has also increased a lot, and the printing volume has also increased. It has greatly reduced the illiteracy rate in Europe. His invention was used in the west for 300 years before it was replaced by a new machine. Because of the great significance of Gutenberg's invention, Mack hart, an American scholar, ranked Gutenberg as the eighth in his list of 100 celebrities who influenced the course of human history, which shows its great influence in human history.