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The printing press was invented because scribes were tired of being overworked and underpraised. Relatable.

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The movable-type printing press was developed by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, in Europe. It aimed to produce books faster and cheaper, not to help overworked scribes, though it did reduce the need for copying by hand.

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