從手盤到鍵盤台灣印刷發展歷程自傳式論述

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摘 要

關鍵字：約翰·古登堡、馬克·吐溫、工業設計、賈伯斯、麥金塔。

人類源於動物，文明源於歷史，歷史源於文字。人類從蠻荒步入文明，有三次偉大的跨越，第一次是語言，第二次是農耕，第三次是文字。語言是人類的開始，農耕是文明的開始，文字則是現代的開始。 西元1440到1445年之間，德國人約翰·古登堡 (John Gutenberg) 改良前人經驗，研發出「鉛活字印刷」，突破了書籍成本高昂的問題，印刷術使書籍能廣泛發行，興起的歐洲文藝復興、宗教改革，啟蒙時代和科學革命，而西元十七世紀末至十八世紀末的啟蒙時代，亦有公共圖書館的成立，也為現代的知識經濟和傳播奠定了基礎。 著名的馬克·吐溫（Mark Twain )，《湯姆歷險記》和《頑童流浪記》的作者在幼年時1848年12歲時是一名印刷學徒，之後成為排字工人、印刷工人，而後邊寫作、投稿，終至成為出名的作家，本傑明·富蘭克林（Benjamin Franklin，1706年1月17日－1790年4月17日）是美國的開國元勳之一，也是當代舉足輕重的作家、思想家、科學家、發明家、郵政局長、外交家，而這些都起步於印刷廠學徒工。這些就是環境的因素，印刷是文明之母，對人類散發著無窮深遠的影響力。柯達公司影像專家，家用照片之外對印刷界分色照相更有極大的貢獻，兩種分色法是當時業界的標桿--一、透明原稿掩色法 (The Alphabet System of Masking Transparency)--使用軟片為Kodak Pan Masking film& Kodak Separation Negative Film Type 1。 二、反射原稿掩色法 (The Camera back masking Method)-- 使用軟片為Kodak Pan Masking film & Kodak Separation Negative Film Type 2。 考上台北工專，修習工業設計，因智識提升與名家多次懈逅，運用柯達公司分色法圓滿完成台大、師大紀念冊、全國美展等重大印件。 電子分色機的引進沖擊照相製版方式，除了購置參與競爭之外，麥金塔蘋果電腦來了，功能強大的蘋果走入這個世代，以人性化易操作圖形介面推出，Photoshop、Illustrator、QuarkXPress、InDesign軟體完全取代往昔作業方式，人類文明傳遞由活字到數位，由古登堡活字印刷到賈伯斯Macintosh、iPhone，正是由手盤到鍵盤的一段有趣過程。Abstract

Keywords：John Gutenberg、Mark Twain、Industrial design、Jobs、Macintosh.

Human beings originate from animals, civilization originates from history, and history originates from writing. Human beings made three great leaps from wilderness to civilization. The first was language, the second was farming, and the third was writing. Language is the beginning of mankind, farming is the beginning of civilization, and writing is the beginning of modernity. Between 1440 and 1445 AD, the German JohnGutenberg improved the experience of his predecessors and developed"movable lead printing", which broke through the problem of high cost of books. Printing technology enabled books to be widely distributed, and the rise of The European Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution. The Age of Enlightenment from the end of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century also saw the establishment of public libraries, which also laid the foundation for the modern knowledge economy and communication. An imaging expert from Kodak, in addition to household photos, he also made great contributions to color separation photography in the printing industry. The two color separation methods were the industry benchmark at that time -1. The Alphabet System of Masking Transparency--The film used is Kodak Pan Masking film& Kodak Separation Negative Film Type 1. 2. The Camera back masking Method-- The film used is Kodak Pan Masking film & Kodak Separation Negative Film Type 2. He was admitted to Taipei Polytechnic College and studied industrial design. Due to his intellectual advancement, he had many encounters with famous artists. He used Kodak's color separation method to successfully complete major printings such as National Taiwan University, National Normal University commemorative albums, and national art exhibitions. The introduction of electronic color separation machines has impacted the way of photographic plate making. In addition to purchasing and participating in the competition, the Macintosh Apple computer has arrived. The powerful Apple has entered this generation and launched with a user-friendly and easy-to-operate graphical interface. Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign software has completely replaced the previous working methods. Human civilization has passed from movabletype to digital, from Gutenberg type printing to Jobs Macintosh and iPhone. It is an interesting process from hand disk to keyboard.