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Letterpress printing, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s was the primary method of mass-printing until the invention of offset printing in the early 20th century. This 'cylinder' press, from the 1940s, creates a type impression on only a tiny strip of the paper, while older presses make impressions of a whole page at once, making cylinder presses more powerful and accurate.

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The Letterpress of Mogadishu: Somalia, 2012
Letterpress printing, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s was the primary method of mass-printing until the invention of offset printing in the early 20th century. This 'cylinder' press, from the 1940s, creates a type impression on only a tiny strip of the paper, while older presses make impressions of a whole page at once, making cylinder presses more powerful and accurate.