It was Marcel, along with the artist and inventor Nicolas-Jacques Conté, who figured out a way to use the Stone as a printing block.

Not only was it hard work, but the quality of the printing block was crucial.

When the Ming invaded the cultural campaign was reversed; all classical Vietnamese printing blocks, books and materials relating to Vietnam were suppressed.

Lino and block cutting tools, are the smallest style of carving chisels, V-tools and gouges, developed for cutting printing blocks.

The temple treasure house contains a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures completed in 1678 and comprising approximately 60,000 printing blocks, which are still in use.

The pagoda also has wooden printing blocks of Buddhist sutras.

This development included the "Minh Luan" house, west and east classrooms, a storehouse for wooden printing blocks and two sets of three 25 room dormitories.

The printing blocks were confiscated soon afterwards.

Several ingenious preservation techniques are utilized to preserve the wooden printing blocks.

The printing of comics (kinderprenten) was discontinued in 1870 and the printing blocks were sold to Beersmans-Pleek.