Mawonekedwe oyambirira pepala unachokera mu Iguputo 3000BC. M'chigwa Nailo chithaphwi udzu amatchedwa "Cyperous Papyrus" adakulira. Aiguputo kudula n'kupanga woonda zomera tsinde ndi anapembedza madzi. n'kupanga anali magawo kudzanja lamanja-kumathandiza kupeza ngodya zabwino kupanga mphasa, amene anali akuchita izi mu pepala woonda asanakhale zophikidwa dzuwa kuti ziume. The mphasa chifukwa anali ndi gawo lapansi abwino kulemba, ndi chifukwa chikhalidwe chawo opepuka ndi kunyamula, anakhala osankhidwa kulemba mfundo mwaluso kuti mabuku achipembedzo ndi kusunga mbiri pakati pa Aigupto, Aroma ndi Agiriki.
Ku Central America mu 2 Century AD Mayans anapeza njira zofanana kwa bookmaking, ndi Pacific Islands mawonekedwe a pepala anali opangidwa ndi kumenya makungwa bwino makamaka zooneka zipika.
Pepala dzina zichokela ku amtunduwu mawu ngakhale ofanana ndi pepala mawu a ntchito, njira yopanga ndi osiyana ndi kwenikweni amalenga laminated mapepala, amene mwaukadaulo osiyana kwa mapepala a lero.
Oyambirira mawonekedwe owona a pepala anali anachokera ku China ndi T'sai Lun - Han Emporor Ho-Ti ndi mdindoyo mkulu 105AD.
T'sai Lun ayesa zosiyanasiyana zipangizo kuti sule ndondomeko ulusi macerating mbewu uliwonse filament analekanitsidwa kwathunthu. Izi ulusi payekha anali wothira madzi chinsalu chachikulu anali adalowetsedwa ndi wotukulidwa mwa madzi, kugwira mbewu ulusi padziko. Kamodzi ziume pepala woonda ulusi zapiringizana anakhala pepala kuti ife masiku ano. The woonda, yosalala mofewa pepala analengedwa ndi njira T'sai Lun a ankatchedwa T'sai Ko'Shi, kutanthauza "wolemekezeka T'sai a Paper".
M'zaka za m'ma 3 njira papermaking kufalikira ku Vietnam ndipo kenako Tibet, kenako Korea m'zaka za m'ma 4 ndi Japan m'zaka 6.
M'zaka 8, Mfumukazi Shotuka, ndi 48 ufumu wolamulira wa Japan, anayamba ntchito yaikulu posindikiza miliyoni mapemphero (dharani) pa mapepala munthu wa pepala, umene aliyense anali kuti yakwera pagoda osiyana. Ntchito yekha anaonetsetsa luso labwino la papermaking anapitiriza Japan ngakhale lero.
Papermaking anapitiriza kufalitsa lonse lapansi, kwa Asia ndi Nepal pamaso kufalikira kwa India. Inali nthawi ya nkhondo pakati pa dziko la chisilamu ndipo Mafumu Tang mu 751AD pamene papermaking kwenikweni kufalitsa chakumadzulo. Pa nkhondo pa magombe a Tarus Mtsinje, ankhondo Chisilamu anagwidwa ndi apaulendo Chinese, amene anali mkati papermakers angapo Chinese. Ankhondo anatumiza papermakers kuti Samarkland chomwe pambuyo chinasinthidwa malo ambiri kupanga pepala.
Pang'onopang'ono papermakers kufalitsa kumadzulo zambiri, kudutsa dziko Muslim, Baghdad ndipo Cairo pamaso potsiriza ku Ulaya pamene Asilamu otchedwa a Moor ku Africa North litalanda Spain ndi Portugal m'nthawi ya 12.
Mu Ulaya, kugwiritsa ntchito amtunduwu inatha cha m'ma 9 zikopa anapangidwa kuchokera khungu nyama anali yochezera sing'anga. Zikopa anali akadali okwera mtengo kwambiri Komabe, Baibulo limodzi zofuna pafupifupi 300 nkhosa zikopa.
Izo sizinali mpaka m'ma 15 kuti pepala ntchito ngati othandiza iliyonse item tsiku. Mu 1439 Johannes Gensfleisch Zuri othodwa zum Gutenberg, ndi German osula golidi ndi chosindikizira, anayamba makina osindikizira yosindikiza. chitukuko zinachititsa kuukira yosindikiza komanso mopitirira inayambitsa kusintha mawailesi. Chifukwa cha kubadwa kwa pepala masiku ano ntchito yofalitsa mabuku ndi zonse amatchedwa tsiku limeneli ndipo chidali chifuniro cha chimagwiritsidwa ankamuona ngati chitukuko lofunika kwambiri la m'nthawi yathu, akusewera yofunika kwambiri chitukuko cha Kubadwa Kwatsopano, kukonzanso ndi kusintha sayansi .
Johannes ntchito yaikulu Gutenberg Baibulo, umatchedwanso "42 mzere Baibulo" pofuna kuwasiyanitsa ndi Mabaibulo ena oyambirira kusindikizidwa, anatenga zaka kubala, napempha pafupifupi 300 zidutswa zosiyanasiyana za mtundu. Mabaibulo anasindikizidwa pa pepala m'nyumba ku Italy ndi zikopa lolembedwa (anafukula ng'ombe khungu), ndipo Mabaibulo yomalizidwa m'gulu rubrics anawonjezera pambuyo ndondomeko yosindikiza pamanja ndi alembi.
Ndi kufunika nthawi owonjezereka pepala, umisiri yosindikiza sanachedwe kukulitsa ndipo zosiyanasiyana zipangizo anali ayesa kuphatikizapo udzu, kabichi ndi mavu zisa. Pomaliza nkhuni chinakhazikitsidwa pa ngati zotsika mtengo komanso mosamala chuma ndi lero ndi nthawi zofewa ulusi softwoods monga paini, ubweya ndi spruce amene ankaganiza kuti apange zamkati abwino kwambiri kuŵeta.
Kufuna pepala inakhazikitsanso lamulo kwa dzuwa kwambiri opanga, zikubweretsa chilengedwe cha makina kuŵeta pepala ntchito lero.
Masiku ano, misa-yopanga pepala ndi makampani yaikulu popereka yopanga mabuku, magazini, manyuzipepala, zikwama, ndalama ndi zina zambiri. Ntchito ambiri mu malonda ntchito yake kutchula osiyanasiyana mankhwala kampani pepala kuphatikizapo A4 pepala kusindikiza zinthu monga letterheads kusindikiza osiyanasiyana zina kukula pepala yosindikiza zipangizo monga Flyers, timapepala ta ndi ndalama Timitengo. zopangidwa Specific akhalanso odziwika bwino osauka pepala ranges ku akumaliza makamaka, monga Mgonjetsi, amadziwika osiyanasiyana awo akumaliza kuphatikizapo miyambo anaika ndi anatambasulira komanso masiku ano kopitilira muyeso akumaliza yosalala, abwino kwa letterheads Mgonjetsi, Mgonjetsi kuthekera Timitengo ndi zina kampani pepala malo.