Communication · c. 700 CE

Woodblock printing

A whole page is carved into wood, inked and pressed onto paper, again and again.

Woodblock printing on paper developed in Tang China by the 7th or 8th century, building on seals and textile printing. It spread Buddhist texts, calendars and later paper money across East Asia; one carved block could print thousands of copies.

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