Why did it take so long?	shaky potus institution	07/14/26
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Why not? Ancients had letters/symbols, metal, ink, and paper...	effete boiling water	07/14/26
The paper Gutenberg used was made from cloth fibers. It was ...	shaky potus institution	07/14/26
Are we talking a gutenberg type press or something equivalen...	chestnut ungodly cumskin property	07/14/26
If they had cloth they could have made paper. You don't need...	shaky potus institution	07/14/26
correct that you don't need trees. does not follow that ther...	chestnut ungodly cumskin property	07/14/26
Early Roman Empire is probably the earliest for something re...	chestnut ungodly cumskin property	07/14/26
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Date: July 14th, 2026 12:40 AM Author: shaky potus institution 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: Talented indecent home 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: effete boiling water (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: Talented indecent home (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: Aggressive dead temple nibblets 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: Bronze garrison mediation (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: adventurous mahogany idea he suggested private investor (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: chestnut ungodly cumskin property 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: effete boiling water 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: shaky potus institution 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: chestnut ungodly cumskin property 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: shaky potus institution 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: chestnut ungodly cumskin property 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: chestnut ungodly cumskin property 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: soggy azn stage (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: Comical background story field 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: charismatic grizzly rigpig 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: Adulterous disrespectful scourge upon the earth dopamine (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: charismatic grizzly rigpig 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: narrow-minded station people who are hurt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882549&forum_id=2ﾃ｢竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50006397)