Printer's Ink
Read the following sentence from the story.
In Ben Franklin’s day, printers did more than just run the printing presses.
Which detail from the story best supports this idea?
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Soon, he started publishing a weekly newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Soon, he started publishing a weekly newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
If the government wanted paper money, it hired a printer to make it.
If the government wanted paper money, it hired a printer to make it.
Politicians, preachers, doctors, poets, farmers, and gossips—everyone came to the print shops.
Politicians, preachers, doctors, poets, farmers, and gossips—everyone came to the print shops.
One of Ben Franklin’s most famous works—and his first big success—was Poor Richard’s Almanack.
One of Ben Franklin’s most famous works—and his first big success—was Poor Richard’s Almanack .
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The detail from the story that best supports the idea that "printers did more than just run the printing presses" is:
"If the government wanted paper money, it hired a printer to make it."
This supports the idea by showing that printers had significant roles beyond typical printing tasks, such as being involved in the creation of important government documents like paper money.
