Business: Printing Press Development

Printing Press Development

Written by Marlon D. Ludovice

There are a lot of new technologies used in repparttar

printing press industry. Make it from simple to very complicated machines that for sure will lead to repparttar 102896

transformation of printing services. And even more, latest technologies are still innovating for faster and accurate printing results.

The original method of printing was block printing, pressing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks usually called(xylography). It is believed that block printing originated in China and repparttar 102897 earliest known printed text, repparttar 102898 Diamond Sutra (a Buddhist scripture), was printed in China in 868 A.D. The technique was also known in Europe, where it was mostly used to print Bibles. Because of repparttar 102899 difficulties inherent in carving massive quantities of minute text for every block, and given repparttar 102900 levels of peasant illiteracy at repparttar 102901 time, texts such as repparttar 102902 "Pauper's Bibles" emphasized illustrations and used words sparsely. As a new block had to be carved for each page, printing different books was an incredibly time consuming activity.

After repparttar 102903 block printing another technique was been introduced, repparttar 102904 moveable clay and metal type are processes much more than hand copying. The use of movable type in printing was invented in 1041 AD by Bi Sheng in China. Sheng used clay type, which broke easily, but eventually Goryeo (Korea) sponsored repparttar 102905 production of metal type (a type foundry was established by repparttar 102906 Korean government in repparttar 102907 early 15th century). Since there are thousands of Chinese characters (Koreans also used Chinese characters in literature), repparttar 102908 benefit of repparttar 102909 technique is not as apparent as with alphabetic based languages. Movable type did spur, however, additional scholarly pursuits in Song China and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless, movable type was never extensively used in China until repparttar 102910 European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing repparttar 102911 technology full circle).

Correct These Two Business Mistakes And Watch Your Profits Soar

Written by Larry Andrew

Here’s repparttar

dilemma: You spend sixty hours a week or more working on and in your business. You know you have good employees. You know you have a good location. You advertise regularly. You know there is a need for your service or product. But, your business is still floundering. You may be making one or two critical mistakes.

Many businesses make these mistakes. Some succeed in spite of repparttar 102895 mistakes. Most close their doors after a few years. Correct both of these mistakes and your business will flourish. Your profits will increase.

You must realize that both of these mistakes are dependent on each other. You cannot correct one and expect success. You must correct both of them! If both of these problems are not corrected, repparttar 102896 business will continue to flounder. The two mistakes are:

1.Improper organization of repparttar 102897 business 2.Improper marketing strategies.

1) Improper Organization: As your business grows, you add more personnel to take care of certain areas of responsibility. Everyone working in a given area reports to repparttar 102898 person “in charge” of their area. That sounds very good on repparttar 102899 surface, but from an operational standpoint, it is a major mistake. This mistake is only compounded as repparttar 102900 business continues to grow. It causes reduced efficiency, duplication of effort and poor communication.

How to resolve: First, repparttar 102901 business should look at its organizational structure. It should identify all repparttar 102902 processes that are currently being used. Each process should be thoroughly documented and evaluated. Then, repparttar 102903 relationship between repparttar 102904 various processes should be examined. The business must then identify what process must be done first, second, third, etc. Areas of duplication should be eliminated. Non-productive processes should be eliminated. Organizational structure should be reassigned according to repparttar 102905 business processes.

The best way to identify and resolve repparttar 102906 organizational processes of a business is through repparttar 102907 use of a committee. This committee should be composed of employees from different areas of repparttar 102908 business. It may be two employees for small businesses or it may be ten for large businesses. It will require some extra time on repparttar 102909 employee’s part, but repparttar 102910 potential benefits far outweigh repparttar 102911 additional responsibilities.

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