Why wasn't the printing press effective in China

Europe is a composition of many nations, they can not easily banned the printing like in China.

>>1552657
was that the main reason

>>1552643
European Colonization.

Because the immediate surrounding countries of China in East Asia utilized Chink-style presses, you know.

>>1552643
I want to say the Bible. Could be wrong though.

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>>1552643
>as many might know...the Printing Press was invented in China before Gutenberg Europe...but Gutenberg's printing press was much, much more influential and impactful, why is this?
Because the Latin alphabet doesn't have the assload of characters a Chinese press has to work with.

>>1552643
1) Chinese has way more characters than the Roman alphabet, so a movable type printer would require way more startup to get going in China than Europe.

2) Print industry in Europe managed to overcome the scribe guilds through their economic success in a literate market rather than having to compete strictly through royal and aristocratic patronage. In China and the Ottoman Empire scribal guilds were backed by the government who relied on their services for legitimization of imperial script, and so they would crush competition with the help of the authorities. This almost happened in Paris, but the printing press found success elsewhere until it could come back and take over.

>>1552809
>China
>Scribal Guild.
The fucking government utilized prints itself. Even had a proto-news paper of sorts in the form of the Imperial Memorial.

>>1552643
Commercial vs official use. As far as I can tell most printing efforts in China at the time were either for religious or government purposes. This would mean a press would be regulated and contained in order to curb forgeries and errors that could undermine teachings or orders.

Meanwhile in Europe the printing press was run by middle class craftsmen who worked for profit, printing whatever people would pay them for. Each town could have multiple presses all competing for business, and they wouldn't be limited to Bibles or official decrees to get by in the event of some religious or government quagmire.