A history of book printing: Fujifilm blog

Most people outside of the printing and graphic arts industry learn about our industry from books. The incredible range and scope of all other things printed, from wallpaper to solar panels, is hidden behind the veil of text and images on paper, bound into a series of page sections and covered in either soft or hard materials. The “book” as we know it — flippable pages bound together — began in the first century A.D. as the Codex, from the Latin caudex, meaning block of wood. Before that, the Romans and Greeks, Persians and Egyptians before them used scrolls. Read the full blog - Learning About Printing By the Book.