Several factors created a climate in fifteenth-century Europe that made typography feasible: the demand for books by a literate middle class and by university students, and paper, which reached Europe by way of a six-hundred-year journey. Additionally, what mechanical element of the printing press aided in expediting this process further?

Answer: Hand-molded metal printing matrices

Explanation: From the advent of the first form of printing press in Asia in the eighth century to the Gutenberg press, wooden printing blocks have been used. It was a technique where the wooden blocks were coated with ink and thus imprinted on paper.

With the invention of Gutenberg, which represented hand-made stencils for printing, it was in fact a revolutionary invention or addition to existing presses, which made printing much faster than before. This Gutenberg hand mold made it possible to set up movable metal type quickly and accurately. In this way it is possible to place movable metal type in large quantities and therefore to print a large number of books, brochures, etc.

Gutenberg's moveable type printing press invention

Explanation:

Johann Gensfleisch von Gutenberg in 1450, Mainz, Germany, was the first to assemble and bring together complex systems and subsystems necessary to print a typographic book which was sought by printers in different countries such s Germany, France and the Netherlands. Gutenberg's moveable type, made use of ink made from boiled linseed oil colored with lampblack.