> they also managed to invent moveable type which was ineffectual and thus discarded - but Gutenberg gets the attribution? Gutenberg gets the attribution becau

> they also managed to invent moveable type which was ineffectual and thus discarded - but Gutenberg gets the attribution? Gutenberg gets the attribution because, not only does he appear to be the first person to use a press for printing, but also he developed a new way of producing metal type for printing and invented a new alloy for type. This is a rather dramatic leap forward in the history of printing in much the same way as HMS Dreadnought was for naval warships or especially Stephenson's Rocket was for locomotives.