Ndị mbụ ụdị akwụkwọ sitere na Egypt na 3000BC. N'Osimiri Naịl ka ndagwurugwu a ala opitoropi ahihia kpọrọ "Cyperous Papyrus" mụbara. Ndị Ijipt bee mkpa ibe si osisi na esiwe na ịrọ arọ ha n'ime mmiri. The ibe na-yikwasịkwara na nri-akụkụ na-etolite a ute, nke e pounded n'ime a mkpa mpempe akwụkwọ tupu e ghere utịn nkụ. Ihe ute bụ ezigbo mkpụrụ dee na, na n'ihi na ha fechaa na obere agwa, ghọrọ họọrọ ede ihe maka ọrụ nkà, okpukpe odide na ndekọ Idebe n'etiti Ijipt, Ndị Rom ma ndị Grik.
Na Central America na 2nd Century AD na Mayans mepụtara a yiri usoro bookmaking, na Pacific Islands a ụdị akwụkwọ e mepụtara site na-eti iwu n'ụgbụgbọ n'elu kpọmkwem ekara ndekọ.
The aha akwụkwọ na-erite site na okwu papaịrọs na ọ bụ ezie na yiri akwụkwọ na okwu nke ọrụ, na usoro nke mmepụta bụ dị iche iche na eziokwu na-emepụta laminated Ibé akwụkwọ, nke bụ nyochawa dị iche iche na akwụkwọ nke taa.
Ndị mbụ ụdị ezi akwụkwọ e nwetara na China site T'sai Lun - Han Emporor Ho-edebata isi eunuch na 105AD.
T'sai Lun anwalewo na a dịgasị iche iche nke ihe nụchaa usoro nke macerating osisi emep uta eri ka ọ bụla filament bụ kpamkpam dị iche iche. Ndị a n'otu n'otu emep uta eri e weere na mmiri tupu a nnukwu ihuenyo e submerged na weliri site na mmiri, akụta osisi emep uta eri n'elu. Ozugbo nkụ na mkpa mpempe akwụkwọ nke nwere njikọ chiri anya esiwọrọ ghọrọ akwụkwọ na anyị maara na taa. The mkpa, ezigbo onye na-agbanwe akwụkwọ kere T'sai Lun si Usoro a maara dị ka T'sai Ko'Shi, nke pụtara "na-akwanyere ùgwù T'sai si Akwụkwọ".
Na 3rd narị afọ usoro nke papermaking igbasa Vietnam na mgbe Tibet, sochiri Korea na 4th na narị afọ na Japan na 6 na narị afọ.
N'oge 8th narị afọ, Eze Nwanyị Ukwu Shotuka, 48 alaeze ukwu achị Japan, malitere nnukwu ọrụ nke ibi akwụkwọ a nde ekpere (dharani) na onye Ibé akwụkwọ akwụkwọ, nke ndị ọ bụla na-n'ịnyịnya na a iche iche pagoda. Atumatu oru ngo a naanị mbo ihu na iwu nka nke papermaking nọgidere na Japan rue ta.
Papermaking nọgidere na-agbasa ụwa, ka Asia na Nepal tupu agbasa India. Ọ bụ n'oge a agha islam ụwa na Tang Dynasty na 751AD mgbe papermaking n'ezie agbasa n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ. N'oge a agha na bịara n'ikperé mmiri nke Tarus River, islam dike weghaara a Chinese adọkpụ, nke nwere n'ime ọtụtụ Chinese papermakers. Ndị dike zigara papermakers ka Samarkland, nke e mechara ghọrọ a sara center maka akwụkwọ mmepụta.
Nwayọọ nwayọọ papermakers agbasa n'ihu n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ, site na Muslim ụwa, Baghdad na Cairo tupu n'ikpeazụ Europe mgbe Moors si North Africa wakporo Spain na Portugal na narị afọ nke 12.
Nile na Europe, ojiji nke papaịrọs biri na usen 9 narị afọ na jiri akpụkpọ anụ mere si anụ akpụkpọ bụ họọrọ ọkara. Akpụkpọ Anụ ka nnọọ oké ọnụ Otú ọ dị, na otu na Bible ka a na-eme atụmatụ 300 aturu akpukpọ.
Ọ bụghị ruo mgbe narị afọ nke 15 na akwụkwọ e ji mee ka a bara uru, kwa ụbọchị ihe. Na 1439 Johannes Gensfleisch zọọ Laden zum Gutenberg, a German-eji ọlaedo akpụ na ngwa nbipute, mepụtara ibughari ụdị ígwè obibi akwụkwọ. The mmepe dugara a-ebi akwụkwọ mgbanwe na-Ọzọkwa edemede a mgbanwe ke uka nkwurịta okwu. N'ihi ọmụmụ nke oge a akwụkwọ na-ebi akwụkwọ ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ mgbe nile kwuru na dị ka ụbọchị a na mepụtara na-ebe-ewere dị ka ihe kasị mkpa na mmepe nke oge a na oge, na-egwu a isi ọrụ na mmepe nke Renaissance, nchèghari na nkà mmụta sayensị na mgbanwe .
Johannes isi ọrụ, Gutenberg Bible, a makwaara dị ka "42-akara Bible" ka ọ dị iche na ndị ọzọ n'oge e biri ebi Bible, were afọ na-emepụta, na-achọ fọrọ nke nta 300 dị iche iche iberibe ụdị. The Bible na-e biri ebi na ejiri mee akwụkwọ si Italy na ibé akpụkpọ anụ (kpụchasịrị nwa ehi akpụkpọ), na okokụre Bible gụnyere rubrics kwukwara mgbe ebi akwụkwọ usoro aka site odeakwụkwọ.
Na-ebi-amụba ina akwụkwọ, bipụtara teknụzụ ngwa ngwa mepụtara na a dịgasị iche iche nke ihe ndị e anwalewo na gụnyere ahịhịa, kabeeji na ebu akwụ. N'ikpeazụ osisi e biri n'elu dị ka ihe ọnụ na-adigide ihe onwunwe na taa na ọ bụ ogologo soft emep uta eri nke softwoods dị ka fir, ajị anụ na spruce nke na-uche na-emepụta kacha adabara pulp maka uka mmepụta.
Ina akwụkwọ nwekwara kpụrụ a chọrọ ka ukwuu arụmọrụ ke n'ichepụta, na-eduga na ihe e kere eke nke uka mmepụta akwụkwọ na ígwè ọrụ na-eji taa.
Na taa, uka-mmepụta nke akwụkwọ bụ nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ kpọbata mmepụta nke akwụkwọ, magazin, akwụkwọ akụkọ, akpa, ego na ihe ndị ọzọ. Mee n'ọtụtụ ebe nile azụmahịa ya ojiji ekwukwa a nso nke ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ ngwaahịa gụnyere A4 akwụkwọ ebipụta akwụkwọ ruo ihe dị ka e biri ebi letterheads na a nso nke ọzọ size akwụkwọ ebi akwụkwọ maka ihe ndị dị ka akwụkwọ ọkwa, mpempe akwụkwọ na mkpokọta ome. Specific ụdị na-aghọ maara nke ọma maka emepe akwụkwọ àmà akpan akpan risịrị, dị ka mmeri, mara ha nso nke risịrị tinyere omenala Tọrọ na wove nakwa dị ka oge a na àjà ihe ọṅụṅụ-eji ire ụtọ risịrị, ezigbo andikan letterheads, andikan otito ome na ndị ọzọ ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ.