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MP Board · Class 10 · Social Science · History: Print Culture and the Modern WorldWho perfected the mechanical printing press in the 1430s?

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Johann Gutenberg, a German goldsmith and inventor, developed the first known mechanical printing press in the 1430s at Strasburg, Germany, combining existing technologies like the olive press and movable type.

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