Who invented movable type and the machine to reproduce text?
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Who invented the world's first movable type and machine to reproduce text? Who is often said to have invented movable type and the machine to reproduce text, even though it was introduced earlier in Asia?
Bi Sheng
Johannes Gutenberg
Movable type
movable type
Movable type Printing press Johannes Gutenberg File:Metal movable type.jpg History of printing in East Asia Hua Sui Gutenberg Bible History of printing Printing Wang Zhen (inventor)
<b>Movable type</b> is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses 
movable components to reproduce the elements of a document usually on the&nbsp;... The concept of <b>movable type</b> was not new in the 15th century; <b>movable type</b> 
printing had been invented in China during the Song dynasty, and was later used 
in&nbsp;... The use of <b>movable type</b> was a marked improvement on the handwritten 
manuscript, which was the existing method of book production in Europe, and 
upon&nbsp;... File:Metal <b>movable type</b>.jpg. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to 
navigation Jump to search. File; File history; File&nbsp;... The typical example of this kind of bronze <b>movable type</b> embedded copper-block 
printing is a printed &quot;check&quot; of Jin Dynasty with two square holes for embedding&nbsp;... Metal <b>movable type</b> printing[edit]. Earlier wooden and ceramic types[edit]. The 
Chinese Diamond&nbsp;... The Gutenberg Bible was among the earliest major books printed using mass-
produced <b>movable</b> metal <b>type</b> in Europe. It marked the start of the &quot;Gutenberg&nbsp;... Metal <b>movable type</b> appeared in the late Song and Yuan dynasties. Bronze 
<b>movable types</b> were used to print banknotes and official documents by both the 
Song&nbsp;... <b>Movable</b>-<b>type</b> printing[edit]. Copperplate of 1215–1216 5000 cash paper money 
with ten bronze <b>movable types</b>. The wooden <b>movable type</b> was described in Wang Zhen&#39;s publication of 1313, 
known as the Nong Shu (農書), or Book of Agriculture. Although the title 
describes&nbsp;...
Bi Sheng
Movable type