Why printing a document is important?

Thanks to the printing press, texts could now be type-set, which was much faster than waiting for a scribe to hand-write or copy a manuscript. The printing press meant that books for children, publications about current events, and works of literature (plays, fictional stories, books of poetry) all became more widely accessible. This encouraged more people to want to read; also, because more than one copy at a time could be published, more people were able to own and use them, and works that were popular gained wider circulation, making money for the authors.