<P> The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439 . Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing . </P> <P> In the Western world, the operation of a press became synonymous with the enterprise of publishing and lent its name to a new branch of media, the "press" (see List of the oldest newspapers). </P>

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