OCR Text |
Show Johann Gutenberg First Man to Use Movable Type If Johann Gutenberg were to walk through our printing plant today he would be overwhelmed by the complexity of our equipment. equip-ment. Gutenberg lived 500 years ago and if you walked through his shop in Strasbourg, Germany, in the year 1445 you would be amazed to see him struggle to print a leaf of paper with movable mov-able type, for the first time in history. Through his development of movable type fully 47 years before be-fore Columbus' frail ships discovered dis-covered the West Indies, Johann Gutenberg started the heritage of printing as we know it today. Printing then, as today, played a vital role in helping men to communicate with man. The printed word produced on our presses conveys information and moves readers to action. In short, it helps one person talk to many for the good of all. |