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Page from Diamond sutra which is oldest known printed book in the world The first printing technology has been found in China, Japan and Korea. These had a system where books were printed by hand. In China from the year 594 onwards Books were printed by rubbing paper against an inked woodblocks, both the sides of a paper were printed and and stitched at the side , these were called as "Chinese Accordion Book". there were duplicated by hand by very talented calligraphist with so much accuracy During that time Imperial state of China was the massive producer of the printed material and it had a vast system of bureaucracy which hired people through civil service examinations, Textbooks for these exam were hugely printed the imperial state. By the 17th century urbanization in china led to the birth of new uses of printing. as in the past print was not only available to the scholars, it is also available to merchants and other people in the society, which led to the development of...

We cannot imagine ourself without the printing Technology, which helped mankind to reach the technological developments we are enjoying now. Fig. 1-Book making before the age of print, from Akhlaq-i-Nasiri, 1595. This is a royal workshop in the sixteenth century, much before printing began in India. at that time art or writings by hand had more prominence than print. The First Printed Books The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and Korea. This was a system of hand printing. From AD 594 onwards, books in China were printed by rubbing paper - also invented there- against the inked surface of woodblocks. As both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed, the traditional Chinese 'accordion book' was folded and stitched at the side. Superbly skilled craftsmen could duplicate, with remarkable accuracy, the beauty of calligraphy. The imperial state in China was, for a very long time, the major producer of printed material. China possessed a hug...