Question

list out the 3 factors that contributed in the development of print technology

Answer 1

the 3 factors are
1)Economics conditions and intellectual climate
2)Technological factor
3)Gutenberg's press at it adopted basic design thereby mechanising the printing process

Answer 2

Factors responsible for the development of print technology

(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.