Ifomu yokuqala iphepha ivela eYiputa 3000BC. Omlambo River valley a ingca nomgxobhozo ebizwa ngokuba "Cyperous yiPapyrus" wakhula. AmaYiputa nokusika imicu ezingcakacileyo ukusuka izityalo siyenza waza wambongoza nawo emanzini. Le iziqwenga zaye sekhombuya ngasekunene engile-lokubumba ukhuko, leyo ziyagutywa iphepha obhityileyo phambi kokuba nowezonkana ezisicaba ezingenagwele, ilanga ukuba zome. Le ipiyano kuphumela ngekuba zeendawana elifanelekileyo ukuba ubhale kuyo, yaye ngenxa yobuchule bendalo zabo ayisindi kunye ephathekayo, waba nabanyuliweyo yokubhala izinto imisebenzi yobugcisa, imibhalo yonqulo kunye nokugcinwa kweerekhodi phakathi amaYiputa, amaRoma kwanamaGrike.
E Central America e Century AD 2nd Mayans liphuhlise indlela efanayo ukuze aqhube, yaye Pacific Islands oluthile iphepha yaveliswa emana ixolo kakuhle logs ezimile ngqo.
Iphepha Igama kuvela yeengcongolo ilizwi nangona efana iphepha ngokwemiqathango umsebenzi, indlela yemveliso yahlukile kwaye eneneni kudala elaminethiweyo sheet, ezahlukileyo obugcisa ukuze amaphepha namhlanje.
Ifomu yokuqala kunjalo iphepha kususelwe e China ngu T'sai Lun - ithenwa oyintloko 105AD Han Emporor Ho-Ti kaThixo.
T'sai Lun bazama iintlobo ngeentlobo zezixhobo zokuyiphucula inkqubo kwimicu zezityalo macerating ngoko filament nganye Ebuchotsheni bobalulweyo ngokupheleleyo. Ezi imicu ngamanye luxutywe namanzi phambi kokuba screen enkulu ekulo waza waphakamisa emanzini, ubambisa imicu yezityalo kumphezulu. Xa yome iphepha obhityileyo Imicu ezazimanyene yaba iphepha ukuba siyazi namhlanje. Iphepha obhityileyo, anencasa ngeemeko zidalwe ubuchule T'sai Lun kaThixo eyaziwa ngokuba T'sai Ko'Shi, elithetha "eziBalulekileyo Paper T'sai kaThixo".
Kwinkulungwane 3 indlela iphepha twa ukuya eVietnam, koko Tibet, ilandelwe yi Korea ngenkulungwane yesi-4 kunye Japan ngenkulungwane-6.
Ebudeni benkulungwane ye-8, uKumkanikazi Shotuka, umlawuli 48 ombuso Japan, waqalisa umsebenzi omkhulu zokushicilelwa kwesigidi imithandazo (dharani) kumaphepha ngamnye ephepheni, ezibe ngamnye ukuba ekhwele Pagoda esahlukileyo. Le projekthi iyodwa yaqinisekisa ubuchule omhle iphepha waqhubeka eJapan ude uze kule mini.
Bulingane laqhubeka lisanda lonke jikelele, Asia Nepal phambi badlulela India. Kwaba ngexesha imfazwe phakathi ihlabathi Islamic kunye Tang Dynasty ngo 751AD xa iphepha ngokwenene ukusasaza ngasentshona. Ngexesha impi on kweenxweme Tarus River, amadoda Islamic wathimba ikharavani Chinese, leyo ngaphakathi papermakers eziliqela Chinese. Angamaqhawe wathuma papermakers ku Samarkland, apho kamva yaba liziko enkulu wemveliso yephepha.
Kancinci papermakers isasazeke kakhulu ngasentshonalanga, ngalo emhlabeni Muslim, Baghdad kunye neCairo phambi ekugqibeleni eYurophu xa amaSilamsi ukusuka North Afrika ahlasela eSpeyin kunye Portugal ngenkulungwane ye-12.
Kuyo yonke iYurophu, ukusetyenziswa yeengcongolo yaphela ngenkulungwane 9 nesikhumba ezenziwe ngesikhumba yezilwanyana yothumelo ethandwayo. Noko izikhumba namanje eninzi kunene, kunye bible omnye efuna kuqikelelwa 300 khumba iigusha.
Kwakungekho de ngenkulungwane ye-15 ukuba iphepha yayisetyenziswa njengendawo esisebenzisekayo, yonke into imihla. Ngowe-1439 Johannes Gensfleisch Lwedilesi Laden zum Gutenberg, umnyibilikisi isiJamani kunye neprinta, kuphuhliswa uhlobo yoshicilelo ngesandla. Uphuhliso kwakhokelela revolution yoshicilelo yaye ngaphezu kwabangela mbuso zokunxibelelana nabantu abaninzi. Ngenxa yoko kokuzalwa iphepha mihla baprintayo rhoqo ekuthethwa njengoko oku umhla wayila ephakamileyo kuthathwa kuphuhliso ibalulekileyo kwiilwimi zesiNtu, idlala indima ephambili kuphuhliso Renaissance, inguquko revolution lwezenzululwazi .
UJohannes umsebenzi omkhulu, i Gutenberg iBhayibhile, esikwaziwa ngokuba "-umgca 42 bible" ukwahlula oko kwezinye iiBhayibhile yokuqala eshicilelweyo, wathabatha iminyaka ukuba zivelise, efuna iziqwenga ezahlukeneyo eziphantse 300 uhlobo. Le Bhayibhile yashicilelwa kwiphepha tshama evela eItali lesikhumba (nasemveni kokuphalwa isikhumba ithole), kwaye iiBhayibhile ezigqityiweyo ziquka iirubrikhi yongezwe emva kokuba inkqubo yoshicilelo ngesandla nge ababhali.
Kunye nebango elinyusayo amaphepha, ubugcisa bokuprinta ngokukhawuleza kuphuhliswa kunye ezahlukeneyo mathiriyeli bazama kuquka iindiza, ikhaphetshu kunye iindlwane Bukanomeva. Ekugqibeleni iinkuni yaba Limi phezu njengento angabizi oluzinzileyo kunye namhlanje imicu elide elithambileyo softwoods ezifana wepayini, uboya kunye nespruce ekucingelwa ukuba avelise yintlama ifanelekileyo ukuze imveliso mass.
Imfuno iphepha bakha uyimfuneko ngempumelelo enkulu iimveliso, ekhokelela ekuyilweni oomatshini mass iphepha imveliso esetyenziswayo namhlanje.
Kuluntu lanamhlanje, ubunzima-imveliso iphepha lishishini elikhulu kwanikwa ukuveliswa iincwadi, iimagazini, amaphephandaba, iingxowa, imali eninzi kakhulu. Esisetyenziswa ngokubanzi lonke ishishini kusebenza kufakwe uluhlu zemveliso yamaphepha yenkampani kuquka yoshicilelo A4 izinto ezifana elinophawu eshicilelweyo kunye noluhlu yoshicilelo bephepha elinye yobungakanani izinto ezifana iiflaya, amaphetshana kunye kumaphetshana comp. iintlobo ezithile nam ndaba kakuhle eyaziwa ngokuba ekuphuhliseni Ibanga iphepha e kugudiswa ezithile, ezifana koloyiso, esaziwa ngokuba kuluhlu kwabo kugudiswa kuquka babeka emveli hlalu kwakunye kugudiswa mihla egudileyo ultra, ezilungele elinophawu koloyiso, koloyiso Iziliphu ukuncoma kunye nezinye zokubhala iphepha nkampani.