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Step back in time to 3000BC to see where paper origins lie and
thank your lucky stars that this process has evolved over the
years to a point where we can whip out a sheet of paper from a
ream, whack it in the printer and let the ink cartridge do its
thing. Originally known as papyrus, versions of this commodity
have been found throughout civilisations since the beginning of
time.

Bast, would be cooked, pressed flat with a hammer and then
dissolved in water until it became a pulp. A wooden framed screen
with a fabric base would then be laid in a puddle with the fabric
just under the surface of the water and the pulp poured on top
and hand smoothed. After removing the screen from the water, the
'paper' would then be left to dry by an open fire or in the sun.
Once dry the paper is easily peeled away.

This method was extremely time consuming as a separate frame
would be needed for each individual piece of paper, or the maker
would have to wait until each piece was dry before making a new
sheet. Not the best method if you have lengthy documents you want
to record and not a method that would have seen paper being able
to be fed through a machine to be assaulted by an ink cartridge.

The Chinese were also fairly instrumental, if secretive, in the
development of paper and by 105 AD had developed a method of
making paper from textile waste. It seems the ancient world knew
more about recycling and re-using then people put into action
today. The Chinese also brought about firsts in the paper making
world with dyed paper, sized and coated paper as well as paper
that was resistant to the damage of insects.

Chinese paper making techniques had reached Japan by 610AD and
the original methods are still largely used today, albeit now
with bamboo. From Japan, paper making spread to Asia, Tibet and
India and was soon picked up on by the Arabs. They evolved this
method into their own. Although it was slightly inferior to begin
with they finally were able to produce a fine quality paper with
a starch coating that any ink cartridge could have coped
admirably with.

Paper took on ever more importance as trade continued to expand
and administration needed more paper to keep up. However, it was
still considered to be quite a skilled art even by the 14th
Century.

By the 16th Century paper mills had spread throughout Europe.
Machinery was now available to make the job easier and resulted
in much better paper being produced at a much speedier rate. The
vatman would be responsible for making the sheet from a mould,
the couch squirt worked in conjunction with the vatman and placed
the sheet on felt, the layman removed the still damp sheets form
the felt and the apprentice who fed material to the vat.

The Reformation towards the end of the 16th Century led to
further increases in paper making and raw materials became
scarce. However, thanks largely to the industrial revolution of
the 1800's, paper making done by machinery became a much finer
art and paper was produced pretty much to today's standards.

It's easy to take paper for granted. There is no shortage, it is
relatively cheap depending on the quality you want and there is
always a stash by the printer ready to receive the sayings
printed by an ink cartridge. But next time you grab a sheet, give
a thought for the art that has gone into creating this product
over the years, feel that sheets smoothness and smell that
distinctive fragrance. It won't change anything but do it anyway.

Publishing expert Catherine Harvey looks at the way modern papers
are more receptive to an <a href="http://www.inksave.co.uk/">ink
cartridge</a> and paper improvement in general.

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