# Printing Press Printing presses were invented in China, but when you had to carve printing blocks out of wood, and demand for books was low, it wasn’t that important. [[Movable type]] + social conditions of the reformation, especially the push for vernacular sermons is what made it so useful. [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Printing+Press) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Printing+Press)