Why did it take so long?	umber philosopher-king	07/14/26
Fraud	Topaz candlestick maker	07/14/26
...	talking affirmative action locus	07/14/26
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Superior anglo culture bro	rambunctious water buffalo corn cake	07/14/26
...	laughsome piazza	07/14/26
...	lavender slap-happy generalized bond	07/14/26
yeah no	charcoal persian mental disorder	07/14/26
Why not? Ancients had letters/symbols, metal, ink, and paper...	talking affirmative action locus	07/14/26
The paper Gutenberg used was made from cloth fibers. It was ...	umber philosopher-king	07/14/26
Are we talking a gutenberg type press or something equivalen...	charcoal persian mental disorder	07/14/26
If they had cloth they could have made paper. You don't need...	umber philosopher-king	07/14/26
correct that you don't need trees. does not follow that ther...	charcoal persian mental disorder	07/14/26
Early Roman Empire is probably the earliest for something re...	charcoal persian mental disorder	07/14/26
(L. Sprague de Camp)	Fuchsia Haunting Mediation Business Firm	07/14/26
Sumerian news boy knocking you unconscious by throwing morni...	rose titillating address	07/14/26
Shoulda asked NSAM!	ivory multi-colored theater stage	07/14/26
...	supple locale brethren	07/14/26
...	ivory multi-colored theater stage	07/17/26
...	Garnet Travel Guidebook	07/17/26

Date: July 14th, 2026 12:40 AM Author: umber philosopher-king Why did it take so long? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998216)

Date: July 14th, 2026 2:29 AM Author: Topaz candlestick maker Fraud (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998292)

Date: July 14th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: talking affirmative action locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998887)

Date: July 17th, 2026 12:38 AM Author: Topaz candlestick maker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50005615)

Date: July 14th, 2026 12:42 AM Author: rambunctious water buffalo corn cake Superior anglo culture bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998217)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:32 AM Author: laughsome piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998258)

Date: July 14th, 2026 12:03 PM Author: lavender slap-happy generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998898)

Date: July 14th, 2026 12:49 AM Author: charcoal persian mental disorder yeah no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998222)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:25 AM Author: talking affirmative action locus Why not? Ancients had letters/symbols, metal, ink, and paper-like stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998257)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:34 AM Author: umber philosopher-king The paper Gutenberg used was made from cloth fibers. It was stupid easy. He got the idea for the machine from looking at German wine presses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998259)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:37 AM Author: charcoal persian mental disorder Are we talking a gutenberg type press or something equivalent to a stamp? 6000 BCE had people who could carve a design and repeatedly impress it into clay. Engraved stamp seals are known from the seventh millennium BCE. A press for mass producing written pages is a different thing and none of the shit needed existed. For instance you mention "paper-like stuff". The earliest known papyrus rolls are like maybe 3000 BCE. The type of ink that can be used for printing did not exist at all back then, in order for gutenberg to work it needed all kinds of innovations in oil based ink. The metal type needed was not realistic for the time (need standardization and repeatable castign). And also they didn't even having writing yet. Earliest full writing systems were like 3K BCE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998261)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:39 AM Author: umber philosopher-king If they had cloth they could have made paper. You don't need trees (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998263)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:46 AM Author: charcoal persian mental disorder correct that you don't need trees. does not follow that therefore anyone who had cloth could easily have invented paper. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998271)

Date: July 14th, 2026 1:53 AM Author: charcoal persian mental disorder Early Roman Empire is probably the earliest for something recognizably like a printing press (50-200 AD). I think you could have had simple block printing a little earlier, like think a Roman or late-hellenistic workshop carving an entire page in relief on wood or another material, inked it and pressed papyrus on it. Mechanical page printing though, Early Roman empire. For movable metal type maybe late Roman Empire from 200-400 AD, but still unlikely. Roman metallurgy probably could produce the individual letter pieces. They definitely could cast bronze letters, but movable type is a lot harder than that. That's probably the absolute lower bound for something like a Gutenberg-like system. But still really unlikely. Would say 800-1200 AD is a good estimate for when it really became feasible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998274)

Date: July 14th, 2026 11:13 AM Author: Fuchsia Haunting Mediation Business Firm (L. Sprague de Camp) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998734)

Date: July 14th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: rose titillating address Sumerian news boy knocking you unconscious by throwing morning Babylonian Times clay tablet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998679)

Date: July 14th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: ivory multi-colored theater stage Shoulda asked NSAM! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998682)

Date: July 14th, 2026 11:57 AM Author: supple locale brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49998879)

Date: July 17th, 2026 12:28 PM Author: ivory multi-colored theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50006419)

Date: July 17th, 2026 12:22 PM Author: Garnet Travel Guidebook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50006397)