Johann Gutenberg

c. 1395 - February 3, 1468

First European to use movable type printing, in around 1439

Most well known work: the Bible

Made the Bible accessible to people outside the church (lay people) for the first time ever

Printing Press

Moveable Print

Printing Press AdvertisementRead page 484 in your textbook.Create a Advertisement for the Printing PressMust have the following;1. Name of Product (Printing Press)2. Information on inventor (date, location)3. Explain the major effects of the invention of the Printing Press (minimum 3 sentences)4. Explain what technologies Gutenberg combined to make his printing press.5. Statistics (copyist vs printing press info)6. Colored picture (must take up 1/4th of paper)