Read the text and match the paragraphs with the correct headings. There is one extra heading. Printing What is printing? The early stage Europe period New type of printing Modern printing techniques American period We can't imagine our life without books. Books can be of different types: notebooks, student books, literature. Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. But how did the process of printing start? It is supposed that the history of printing started in East Asia, in China. Everything started with the woodblock printing technique of patterns and images on textiles. Only later, this process was transferred on paper. The first prints on cloth in China are dated to 220 AD. By the 9th century, the complete printed book appeared in China. After this achievement, printing expanded to Japan and Korea. Later, block printing moved to Europe. By the mid-15th century, not only cloth printing but also book printing had become a common development. Books included not only texts but different images. The new era started when the movable type of printing appeared. It provided much more opportunities for publishers. At first, porcelain was used for it. But as it can be broken easily, later it was changed to wood and metal type. By 1450, the first modern printing press was introduced in Europe. It was an innovation as it used a matrix. Soon movable type printing spread around the whole world. There are different types of printing techniques nowadays. One of them is offset printing. It is widely used in the modern printing process. Another one is gravure printing. Gravure printing is characterized by the excellent print quality and high printing speed.

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Read the text and match the paragraphs with the correct headings. There is one extra heading.

Printing

What is printing?
The early stage
Europe period
New type of printing
Modern printing techniques
American period

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We can't imagine our life without books. Books can be of different types: notebooks, student books, literature. Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. But how did the process of printing start?

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It is supposed that the history of printing started in East Asia, in China. Everything started with the woodblock printing technique of patterns and images on textiles. Only later, this process was transferred on paper. The first prints on cloth in China are dated to 220 AD. By the 9th century, the complete printed book appeared in China. After this achievement, printing expanded to Japan and Korea.

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Later, block printing moved to Europe. By the mid-15th century, not only cloth printing but also book printing had become a common development. Books included not only texts but different images.

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The new era started when the movable type of printing appeared. It provided much more opportunities for publishers. At first, porcelain was used for it. But as it can be broken easily, later it was changed to wood and metal type. By 1450, the first modern printing press was introduced in Europe. It was an innovation as it used a matrix. Soon movable type printing spread around the whole world.

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There are different types of printing techniques nowadays. One of them is offset printing. It is widely used in the modern printing process. Another one is gravure printing. Gravure printing is characterized by the excellent print quality and high printing speed.

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