1) Gutenberg influenced many people with the work he did to make printing a faster process.  This new process made printing faster by getting rid of the wood block for cast metal letters. The device became mechanized and allowed generations to come to make word prints faster without the carving.

2)Advancements like these, allow books and prints to be made with out the danger of the block breaking every few prints. It also would allow the ability to record important information that needs to be recorded.
The biggest thought would be that the cost of making each block would go down and they could spend more time and money in making the prints to sell to the people.





Mildred Pierce Opening Scene, Angela Dufresne.


3)The photocopier is the modern day printing press. You are taking an object that is already made and making copies to produce. They are similar due to the principle of what they do. They make copies of an image. They are different due to the letter press you have to put the letters in the place you want them by hand. Over time those letters will need to be replaced. a photocopier you have done the work already by means of a computer and the letters do not have to be replaced.



Infinite Cherry Blossoms by Lisa Sanditz

VOCABULARY

an·tin·o·my

/ænˈtɪnəmi/ [an-tin-uh-mee]–noun, plural -mies.

1. opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.

2. Philosophy . a contradiction between two statements, both apparently obtained by correct reasoning

myr·i·ad

  /ˈmɪriəd/ [mir-ee-uhd]  –noun

1. a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

2. ten thousand.