Printing Press

The printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, such as paper or cloth, thereby transferring the ink. The invention of the printing press and its subsequent spread across Aeon in the seventh century marked a revolution in the global production and distribution of all forms of texts and writing, and was one of the most influential inventions of the past 700 years.
Originally invented in Sevicia in the early 630s as an early prototype based off of grape press machines that had been used for hundreds of years as a way to crush and ferment grapes for wine and other beverages, the original printing press was presented to the Senate of Sevicia late in the year 635 A.S. Considered a powerful tool by the senate and especially by Sevicia's ruling figure, Cloe of Ida, the printing press was first approved for mass distribution in 636. It proved immediately revolutionary and its influence spread across the continent rapidly. By 640 more than a million texts, literary works, leaflets, and other paper-based forms had been produced from thousands of printing instruments, and by 650 it had spread as far west as the further inhabitable, known reaches of the continent of Augusta and as far south as the free cities of Masand.
The invention of the printing press remains one of the most revolutionary and influential single moments in Aeon world history. Under Cloe of Ida, sparked a short-lived golden age in Sevicia that lasted five years, and drastically shifted the way world literature is produced and consumed.
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