Do you know when, where and how Papyrus (first type of paper) was invented? 3000 BC in Egypt. This paper was created from the papyrus plant, a type of reed that is found on the Nile River’s banks.

Did you know that Gutenberg did not invent the movable type? Movable type was used in China as early as 1041 and it was made with clay. Johannes Gutenberg’s accomplishment was to complete, in 1440, a wooden printing press which used movable metal types.

In 1935, the Xerography process invented by Chester Carlson leads to the invention of the Xerox photocopier.

Did you know that in 1547 in France, penalty of death was proclaimed against all printers who produce a book without the imprint of the faculty of theology at the University of Paris?