How Did Printing Work in the Time of Gutenberg?

An explanation of printing jargon such as punch, matrix, and type

Old printing press in similar style as Gutenberg’s printing press

When reading about printing in the time of Gutenberg on wikipedia, it can be hard to understand the terminology. Personally I was confused by the word matrix. Many of us will associate the word matrix with a lattice or table of some sort composed of many elements. I was…