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Four colour Heidelberg Printing Press
MacLean, Kevin, 2008, Digital image
Four colour Heidelberg Printing Press
Four colour Heidelberg Printing Press
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Four colour Heidelberg Printing Press, City of Edinburgh Council print unit
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MacLean, Kevin
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2008
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The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers. Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press.
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