ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Printing presses push paper against inked movable type materials to transfer text and images from the type onto the paper.

Detailed explanation-2: -Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric characters or punctuation marks) usually on the medium of paper.

Detailed explanation-3: -Johannes Gutenberg, in full Johann Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, (born 14th century, Mainz [Germany]-died probably February 3, 1468, Mainz), German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type.

Detailed explanation-4: -A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.

Detailed explanation-5: -Goldsmith and inventor Johannes Gutenberg was a political exile from Mainz, Germany when he began experimenting with printing in Strasbourg, France in 1440. He returned to Mainz several years later and by 1450, had a printing machine perfected and ready to use commercially: The Gutenberg press.