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Gutenberg, Johann (c.1400–1468)
German printer and goldsmith, usually considered the inventor of printing from separately cast metal types. He experimented with printing in the 1430s and by 1450 he had a press in Mainz, financed by Johann Fust (c.1400–1466). In 1455 he handed over the press (and his invention) to Fust in repayment of debts. By now the Gutenberg (or Mainz) Bible was at least well under way: each page has two columns of 42 lines.
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