'''China was the earliest printer''' China had printing early on, having plates cut out of solid wood, each letter individually carved out. A plate could only be used to print the page for which it was carved. China also had movable type before Gutenberg: * http://www.printersmark.com/Pages/Hist1.html * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/age.html)'' '''Gutenberg's innovations''' Production of a set of single letters which could be rearranged in the required order. After printing a page, he could break up the layout and rearrange the same letters for another page. He used durable metal type and other methods differing from the earlier Chinese process. ---- '''W''''''ebLogSoftware''' The name of a popular WebLog software product. * http://www.movabletype.org/ ---- CategoryWebLog