Question

Describe any three factors which contributed to the development of print technology

Answer 1

Factors which contributed to the development of print Technology are:

(i) The production of handwritten manuscripts could not satisfy the everincreasing demand for books.
(ii) Copying was an expensive, laborious and time consuming exercise.
(iii) Manuscripts were fragile, difficult to handle and could not be cared for or read easily.
(iv) Though woodblock printing was popular, there was clearly a need for quicker and cheaper reproduction of texts.

Answer 2

Answer

Print technology refers to the use hard copy matreials that results from the outcome of soft copy work being printed.

It came to existance majorly due to economic factors that aimed to maximize the use of resources.

1. Economic conditions and intellectual climate.

This aimed at reducing costs in dealing with mechanisized soft copy format. This also easened the passage of information hence reducing time wastage.

2. Technological factor.

Advancement in technology lead to more inventions to cater for increasing technological needs of human beings.

3. Gutenberg's press as it adopted basic designs thereby mechanising the printing process.