The printing press was invented in 1453. Mobile printing technology was invented in China in 1040 but Johannes Gutenberg was able to perfect this technology by creating the Gutenberg printer in 1440. The printer was a mobile type. Movable type allowed individual blocks to be installed to print almost anything. Before that, hand-carved wooden blocks were used to print objects. These blocks would have been made of whatever the individual wanted to print, which would take an incredible amount of time. Gutenberg's invention of a movable type printer established the capacity for mass communication. The Gutenberg printer consisted of a base constructed of wood that provided a stable platform for the printing process. This required pressing the paper onto heads typed in ink. A stand, also constructed of wood, was there to hold the paper in place so that it could be pressed against the ink types. The paper was sandwiched between two frames and placed on a wedge so that the paper could be easily removed and the ink types could be replaced. Once solid, the letters were affixed to the top of rectangular rods, which were themselves inserted into a rectangular container in order. Individual letters were made by pouring a lead-tin alloy into a copper mold. The paper was then placed on the rectangular container and pressed onto the inked characters with heavy screw pliers. The printer was established by Gutenberg in 1450. Before that, however, Gutenberg was in financial difficulty. He had lost a lot of money investing in creating objects for an exhibition featuring religious objects, but before he could sell anything, the exhibition was closed. In order to satisfy investors, Gutenberg would have revealed the middle of paper ......naked to date.Works cited1. Ament, Phil. "History of printing - Invention of printing." History of printing - Invention of printing. Troy MI: ©1997-2007, nd Web. May 1, 2014.2. Hanebutt-Benz, Eva-Maria. “Gutenberg and Seine Zeit: Gutenberg and Mainz.” Gutenberg and Seine Zeit: Gutenberg and Mainz. Np, and Web. May 1, 2014.3. How it works Team. "See Inside the Gutenberg Printing Press | How It Works Magazine." How It Works Magazine. How it works team, January 24, 2012. Web. May 1, 2014.4. Knauer, Kelly. “Gutenberg Printing Office – 1440”. Gutenberg's printing press. Np, and Web. May 1, 2014.5. Man, John and John Man. Gutenberg: How one man remade the world. New York: Wiley, 2002.6. McLuhan, Marshall. The Gutenberg galaxy: the creation of typographic man. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, 1962.