<P> Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg introduced the first movable type printing system in Europe . He advanced innovations in casting type based on a matrix and hand mould, adaptations to the screw - press, the use of an oil - based ink, and the creation of a softer and more absorbent paper . Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, antimony, copper and bismuth--the same components still used today . Johannes Gutenberg started work on his printing press around 1436, in partnership with Andreas Dritzehen--whom he had previously instructed in gem - cutting--and Andreas Heilmann, the owner of a paper mill . </P> <P> Compared to woodblock printing, movable type page setting and printing using a press was faster and more durable . Also, the metal type pieces were sturdier and the lettering more uniform, leading to typography and fonts . The high quality and relatively low price of the Gutenberg Bible (1455) established the superiority of movable type for Western languages . The printing press rapidly spread across Europe, leading up to the Renaissance, and later all around the world . </P> <P> Gutenberg's innovations in movable type printing have been called the most important invention of the second millennium . </P> <P> The rotary printing press was invented by Richard March Hoe in 1843 . It uses impressions curved around a cylinder to print on long continuous rolls of paper or other substrates . Rotary drum printing was later significantly improved by William Bullock . </P>

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