Posts Tagged ‘ office products ’
A Look at Where the Office Technology Industry Started and Where it is Today
June 1, 2010 • All Posts, Industry Information • Comments
By: Glenn H. Moore Jr.
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.