How a Gutenberg Printing Press Works

Demonstration on the only working model of a Gutenberg printing press--Crandall Historical Printing Museum.

[durwoodball]

A fantastic demonstration of a highly specialized skill. Those old master printers were real magicians in their time. The books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, and other products from their presses were the fount of culture in their communities. As a research scholar, I'm grateful for the printing press and the men and women who operated them. I certainly miss the days of hot-lead type.

[vanshika]

here in India, in 10th grade we have to study about this gutenberg printing press...and this is ACTUALLY very helpful video and it was very interesting to know...💛thanks for showing us this

[dishadoshi]

Thank you so much. It's amazing how much effort they put into printing just one book. Makes me appreciate the technology we have today.

[thetherrannative]

What nowadays seems like such a simple and obvious invention absolutely _revolutionized_ the spread of information back in the day. Without the printing press, the world we live in today would simply not exist. It makes you wonder what wonderful new ideas lie ahead!

[chrisjensen]

I'm a professor and use this video in several of my classes about early print. Incredible resource! (But I always get a little bit sad when he fumbles for a second.)

[yosoypabliyo]

Oh my god, I though he was gonna have a heart attack when he went blank.... Damn...

[BlackElon]

Lol. That guy pissed that old man off so much his mind went blank for a minute

[pollomunkydeath]

One of the greatest inventions in the entire history.

[theinsfrijonds]

So, this guy is basically doing the 14th century version of Control + P?

[Ignisan_]

3:39 Printer.exe has stopped responding.

[nightsky]

This is amazing, I learned about this in my history class and I wanted to see exactly how it functioned!

[poulomi__hari]

What blows my mind is that they first had to make the metal pads with a whole print of the book page by page, so they could imprint it on paper.

[alistairmcelwee]

I had no idea that so much effort was needed to create one side of a printed sheet of paper. Time consuming plus physical. So glad to have seen this.

[porcelavona]

This is honestly the most interesting thing I've ever saw in my history class

[xredb]

This was amazing video and the old man was really good at explaining the process, thanks for sharing!!!

[Lindoodles]

Thank you so much for recording this and sharing it. We won't have people around like him much longer, people with this knowledge. This will help future generations!

[Mediaadoration]

When your history teacher sends you here but you aren’t upset

[AndressAndress]

This is so incredibly simple.Nowadays it's impossible to figure how a printer really works, not only using it.

[seandonaldson]

Love how he shuts down the guy who thinks he's some kind of comedian and talks over the explanation.

[dynamicpillow]

I love history and this was actually so interesting, thank you!