History of printing technology from ancient to present

This printing method can use photography to make plates, and can print celebrity paintings, steles, fine art works and ancient books with the most accuracy. Compared with other types of printing methods, lithography, especially offset printing methods, has the characteristics of low production cost, simple process, low wear, fast speed and wide application range.

Coupled with new light sources, new sensitive materials, the cooperation of precision photographic equipment and the gradual scientific plate making and the continuous improvement of printing quality, the printing method has been continuously developed, thus becoming the mainstream of today's printing industry.

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Far-reaching significance:

The invention of printing is a glorious chapter in the history of human civilization, and the great glory of establishing this feat belongs to the Chinese nation. Printing promotes the popularization of education and the promotion of knowledge, and the cheap price of books makes knowledge available to more people, thus affecting their outlook on life and world. The popularization of books will increase the literacy rate of people, which in turn will increase the demand for books.

In addition, craftsmen found from the manuals and advertisements of the early printing houses that such prints could gain fame and fortune. This in turn improved their reading and writing skills. It has promoted the extensive dissemination and exchange of human cultural knowledge and greatly promoted the development of world civilization.

Stories about printing:

Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, Bi Sheng, cloth clothing in the Northern Song Dynasty. Born in Yingshan County, Hubei Province, he died in February of the fourth year of Emperor You in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, he was a writer. During the Song Qingli years, he invented mastic movable type printing technology according to practical experience, that is, engraved on the mastic sheet, a word is printed, and after hardening with fire, it becomes a living word.

In the Song Dynasty, engraving and printing was very popular. The process of carving board printing is like this, first saw the wood into a piece of the same size board, make it smooth, and then write on a piece of thin paper, stick on the board, carve the text with a knife, and then brush the ink, spread the paper, gently brush with a soft brush on the paper, uncovered, the paper has black words on a white background.

The number of words in a book is naturally quite large, and more than one plate is carved, and each piece is printed in this way. When all the printing is done, bound page by page, it becomes a book. At that time, there was a carving master in the west Mountain of Hangzhou who was known as the "King of Divine knives". Many people came to worship the master, but the "God sword King" did not accept it.

But in his later years, he accepted a small apprentice from a civilian background - Bi Sheng. What is the reason for this? Originally, the "God knife King" not only took a fancy to Bi Sheng's dexterity, but also liked his loyal and honest conduct. He felt that by passing on his skills to such people, he would be able to rest in peace when he died.

Bi Sheng followed the "God knife King" for several years, and his skills improved greatly. On one occasion, the master sculpted the Blue Pavilion Preface by Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, and let Bi Sheng observe and figure it out. Who knows that there is still the last line, Bi Sheng accidentally touched the master's arm, and the "Zhi" character under the knife was engraved. Bi Sheng was very sad. At night, he lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He first secretly complained about himself, and then suddenly came up with an idea: engraving plate printing is too troublesome, can you change it? From that day on, he thought about it every moment he had. One day, when he was walking by the West Lake, he found that a painter from Jianghu was stamping on a landscape painting. When he looked closely, he saw that the artist had strung three stamps together.

Bi Sheng looked at it with interest for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and shouted happily, "There is a way!" There's a way!" He ran back to his house, made blocks of clay, dried them, and engraved them with inverted characters, one by one; Then the characters are hardened by fire and arranged in a special wooden lattice according to rhyme; The rows of type are then fixed in iron frames as needed. So you can ink the book.

The use of movable type printing, both convenient and economical. This new technology was soon spread all over the world.