Did you know?
- Between 1973 and 1983 the number of fax machines in the U.S. increased from 30,000 to 300,000
- By 1989, the number of fax machines in the U.S. jumped to over 4,000,000
- By the late 1980’s compact fax machines had revolutionized everyday communications around the world
- In 1843, Alexander Bain devised an apparatus which was able to accurately reproduce writing on an electrically conductive surface; it was comprised of two pens, connected to two pendulums which were joined to a wire
A Look at Where the Office Technology Industry Started and Where it is Today
In 1938 a man by the name of Chester Carlson invented a process that would change the method of printing office documents forever. In his New York apartment, he found a way to merge the electrostatic printing and photographic printing processes. His “electro-photography” process was patented and renamed to Xerography. By 1959 the first plain paper copier, the Xerox 914, was introduced using his method. This method of copying became so popular, that within 2 years Xerox sales reached over $60 million and rapidly grew to over $500 million by the mid-60’s. The term “Xeroxing” was as familiar as the trademarks Klennex or Q-tip. Read more...(468 words and 1 image)
