Importance of the Printing Press

If we see it from a rational point of view, we could define printing as a mechanical way of reproducing letters and images on a metal support and, later, transferring them to paper. It is very basic, very simple and, at the same time, impossible to reduce it to just this.

From the beginning, the human being You have felt the need to communicate with others. He language has been the first step. Subsequently, he has needed to capture his first sounds and images on different supports, whether wood, stone, metal, etc. but this has always been something that fell short in terms of space and very short in terms of spreading the message.

From then on, all civilizations have had the need to reflect in writing all the activities commercial, social, economic, literary... that is, the daily, creative, cultural and scientist. But until the appearance of the printing press, it was not only quite difficult to keep knowledge, but also to make that knowledge known outside the fields in which it was used.

The printing press has made it possible for all knowledge to reach anywhere and to anyone, since it is not only cheaper, rather, the printing press allows us to have a copy of an original from today, from our past, even very old, and from any type of theme.

The printing press has also made it possible for culture to spread to any point on the planet and to any person without regardless of race, sex or economic capacity, another thing is the political regimes that may exist in some countries.

If the growth capacity of a country is measured by its culture, the printing press is the essence of it since, thanks to it, the Knowledge can be communicated and we can have it not only in public spaces but also in private spaces, such as our own home. In addition, the printing press has made knowledge important, but also, thanks to the very evolution From this, it has been possible to create books for entertainment, playfulness, etc., which have also entered our homes.

Technological means have, somehow, slowed down the evolution of printing in many aspects. However, it is clear that, however much the technology can advance, knowledge or enjoyment through books, these are still something that our society he does not want to nor should he allow himself to leave. In fact, the physical format is something that, in most cases, the person needs to have, either because of the texture, the touch, the smell or, simply, because it is something that does not have to be plugged in, because we can use it at any time and in any place, etc.

The printing press, no matter how much time passes, will always be an element that will never go out of style and that will evolve. over time and adapts to the needs of knowledge, playfulness and the needs of the people.