MOTAT- Part 1

I had visited the Museum of Transport And Technology (MOTAT) on 19th August 2012, after paying a visit to MOTAT i had experienced that the changes of the industrial from early generation to latest generation has brings several advantages and disadvantages to human. One of the technology has been chosen from me to elaborate and investigate for my societal context course is the printing technology.

Printing Technology

History of Printing Technology
The technological innovation in printing has unconsciously steps over 4000 years. In fact, the timeline of the printing technology has directly effected to the several industrial such as the industry of art, advertising, and graphic design. According to the record from the MOTAT, it shown that printing technology was first invested in circa 3000 BC, the Mesopotamia civilization use the round cylinder seals for rolling an impression onto clay tablets. Through the internet research in more details, this earliest printing technology was stamped into Soft Clay approximately (2,291BCE to 2,254BCE )

This Brick Printing Block is the collection of Schoyen called MS 5106.

http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=261

Block printing in blind on gold.

Block type printing has been used over few thousand years. In years between 2291BC to 1500AD , block type printing was very popular used onto the clay, gold and also the paper until the moveable type printing technology been invents. Undeniable, block type printing was really incredible been using over 30th century.
Internet Reference : Schoyen Collection

History of Paper 
In year 2nd BC which during the Han Dynasty of China, people begin printing onto silk using the wooden blocks. During the same generation, a china's court eunuch called Cai Lun invents the paper. However, first traces of paper was not used as writing material. For their traditional calligraphy with brushes they used linen, hemp, bamboo (cane) and bark of the mulberry tree. Important progress has been made between the 2nd and 4th century AD. Thanks to the use of soaked bast of the mulberry the quality of the pulp significantly improved and paper became less heavy. The improvement was such that paper gradually replaced the former bamboo mats. Therefore, the Clerical texts and reports for the Court were henceforth written on paper. Circa 618 onwards, the first printing to paper was achieved in China during the Tang Dynasty of China. Moreover, during the same generation of Tang Dynasty, they also applied the paper money to replaced and reduce the product of the coin. 

Cai Lun : He was the first person who invent the paper.

This photo above has described the major steps of the paper making process. 

In Motat i've an opportunity to experience the traditional paper making process