Which best explains why the printing press changed printing so dramatically in the 1440s?
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Responses
Multiple copies of the same text could be made simultaneously.
Multiple copies of the same text could be made simultaneously.
As soon as it was created, it became possible to replicate images.
As soon as it was created, it became possible to replicate images.
Printing had been banned in previous eras, but now it was permitted.
Printing had been banned in previous eras, but now it was permitted.
There was no way to copy texts prior to the invention of the printing pres
The printing press changed printing so dramatically in the 1440s because multiple copies of the same text could be made simultaneously. Prior to the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg, books were mostly copied by hand, which was a very slow and labor-intensive process. The printing press allowed for the standardization of texts and facilitated the rapid and widespread dissemination of knowledge throughout Europe, marking the start of the Printing Revolution and greatly contributing to the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.
The option "As soon as it was created, it became possible to replicate images" is also true in the sense that the printing press enabled the replication of images through woodcuts and engravings, but this was not the primary reason for its dramatic impact on printing texts.
The options "Printing had been banned in previous eras, but now it was permitted" and "There was no way to copy texts prior to the invention of the printing press" are incorrect. Printing was not universally banned, though it was controlled in some places, and there were certainly ways to copy texts before the printing press—namely, by hand or by using earlier, less efficient printing methods like woodblock printing. However, these methods did not have the transformative effect that Gutenberg's press had with movable type.