The history of real paper happened in South East Asia. Similar to the people of Egypt, the Chinese had, virtually 5,000 years ago, developed a style of writing that used images. They too had been using various types of things to scribe on, most notably pieces of bamboo and silk woven into a fine fabric and it is possible that the barkcloth they utilized for other purposes derived out of the Paper. Mulberry was used as well.
History tells us that in 105AD a member of the government going by the name of Tsai Lung, created papyrus, although it appears from archaeological discoveries that it was actually around in what is now the People's Republic of China for at least two centuries prior to Tsai Lung.
Back in ancient times gone by setting down words was generally on bamboo or sometimes on strips of silk, which were called Ji in those days. Nevertheless silk was expensive and bamboo being too weighty, these materials were not convenient. Due to these factors Tsai Lun came up with the idea of utilizing the bark from trees, rags, fish nets, and hemp. In 105 years after the birth of Christ he submitted a report to the emperor about the production of paper and received many accolades for his inventions. From that period paper has been used universally and is called the "paper of Marquis Tsai".
If indeed this accolade is correct, will very likely never be uncovered! However, the most important factor is that they discovered that if they ground particular compounds taken from plants in to a mash, separate impure materials, put the mash in liquid, screen it onto fabric sheets and give it time to dry out. When fully dried, it conglomerated into a firm, robust sheet that turned out to be surprisingly light, and provided that it did not get wet, turned out to be extraordinarily durable.
It's a fact that this extremely simple of papermaking technologies is even now practised in precisely the same way within Tibet and Nepal, the initial regions to make use of the technolgies from China. A basic frame utilises a kind of cotton cloth pulled and held over a single side, thin mache is put into the far side and moved around until it has become even. Then it is left suspended so that it will enable the water to leave it and the paste to dry in to a sheet of paper which can be removed by peeling.
It eventually came to pass that an extremely talented developer came to the conclusion that constructing a frame with ribbing and placing a fine bamboo mat that is replaceable over it, would let the paper-making procedure to be accelerated incredibly. Instead of using one mold for every parchment sheet, consequently severely limiting the number of sheets that could be made at one time, a stack of sieved grume could be built up a layer at a time, with only a strip of cotton thread between them which would help with separation at a later time. The stack would then be squeezed slightly, and each layer of pulp moved to a board to dry.