Many scholars of print culture, as well as classicists, have argued that inconsistencies existed among manuscripts due to the blind copying of texts and a static manuscript culture that (specifically medieval manuscript culture) existed during the rise of the printing press. They have stated that once a mistake was made, it would be repeated endlessly and compounded with further mistakes by refusing to deviate from the previous exemplar, thus exposing an obvious advantage of print.
Several scholars of printed culture, as well as classical studies experts, have pointed out that inconsistencies existed among manuscripts due to the automatic copying of texts and a rigid manuscript tradition prevalent during the emergence of the printing press. They claim that once an error occurred, it would be perpetuated repeatedly and amplified with additional mistakes by adhering strictly to the preceding model, thus highlighting the benefits of print.