man has always tried to perpetuate their knowledge, ideas and discoveries through time so that outlive their creators, who used long oral tradition common to all peoples to transmit all and discovered what they thought. Hence, invented writing that does its job of recording the knowledge, transmit and store it in time. The materials used for writing were among the most varied, papyrus, bark trees, animal skins, clay tablets, each with advantages and disadvantages of its use. Finally, the man chose the role for the registration of their knowledge which offered easy to use and transport, their fragility at the same time was an advantage: it could transmit information and eliminate the evidence. Finally, the paper could be made of different fibers depending on the availability of material. Soon multiplication of knowledge and an ever growing number of readers created a high demand for books and paper, the scribes who were responsible for copying the books could not keep and quickly concluded the need for a mechanical way to reproduce books .
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