The Wooden Printing Press

In the picture

1. 1The wooden screw: it turns to lower the platen.
2. 2The flat platen: it presses paper onto the inked type.
3. 3The metal type blocks locked in a wooden frame: they carry the raised letters to be printed.
4. 4A round leather ink ball: it transfers ink onto the raised type.
5. 5A blank damp paper sheet: it hangs from a cord.

Examples

• A rubber stamp presses ink onto paper in one motion.
• A school copier makes many copies of the same worksheet.

Quiz: The Wooden Printing Press (Age 15)

1. 1

   According to the card, what could movable metal type do?

   • It could be rearranged to print different texts.
   • It was carved from wood for each new page.
   • It could print only one copy before wearing out.
2. 2

   According to the card, how did the printing press affect Renaissance Europe?

   • It helped books and ideas spread more quickly.
   • It kept books and ideas limited to one city.
   • It made books and ideas travel more slowly.
3. 3

   What did the flat platen do in the printing press?

   • It transferred ink onto the raised type.
   • It carried the raised letters to be printed.
   • It pressed paper onto the inked type.

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