jan 1, 220 - PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS

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Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

Woodblock printing remained the most common East Asian method of printing books and other texts, as well as images, until the 19th century.

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