The origins of real paper started in South East Asia. Like the indigenous people of Egypt, the Chinese had, virtually five thousand years ago, developed a type of writing that used pictures. The Egyptians also had been making use of several kinds of objects to write on, usually strips of bamboo and woven silk and it is possible that the barkcloth they made for other uses derived out of the Paper. Mulberry was also used.
Legend leads us to believe that in 105AD an official by the name of Tsai Lung, created papyrus, although it is clear from archaeological digs that actually it was around in China for at least two hundred years before him.
Back in times gone by scribing was usually done on bamboo or on pieces of silk, which were then called ji. Nevertheless the soaring cost of silk and bamboo being very weighty, these two materials were inconvenient. Then Tsai Lun thought of using tree bark, rags, hemp, and fish nets. In 105 years after the birth of Christ he made a report to the emperor regarding the process of making paper and got many accolades for his abilities. Consequently, since those distant days paper has been availed of globally and is known as the "paper of Marquis Tsai".
Whether this accolade is accurate or not, will likely never be uncovered! Nonetheless the important consideration has to be that the discovery was made that if they pounded certain compounds derived from plant matter into a mache, expunge impure materials, put the mache in liquid, filter it onto textile sheets giving it enough time to dry out. After the drying process was complete, it calcified into a firm, tough sheet that turned out to be extremely light, and as long as it did not get wet, turned out to be very dense.
It's a fact that this extremely simple of papermaking techniques is still in use in exactly a similar way within Nepal and Tibet, the very first countries to make use of the craft from what is now the People's Republic of China. A simple frame utilizes a kind of cotton cloth made to stretch over a side, very watery mush is situated in to the other end and spread around until it has become even. It is then left suspended in order for it to allow the water to leave it and the paste to dry in to a parchment sheet which can be removed.
At some point in time a talented developer figured that constructing a frame with ribbing and placing a delicate replaceable bamboo mat across this, would let the paper-making process to be quickened fantastically. Rather than utilizing a single mold for every sheet of parchment, severely restricting the amount of sheets that may be made at one time, a stack of sieved pulp could be built up a layer at a time, with just a strip of cotton thread between them in order to facilitate separation at a later time. The stack would then be squeezed gently, and each sheet of grume moved to a dry board.