The first electronic printer was the EP-101, invented by Japanese company Epson and released in 1968.
The laser printer was invented by Xerox in 1969 and was built from a modified photocopier. Gary Starkweather, who worked in Xerox's product development department, had the idea of using a laser beam to "draw" an image of what was to be copied directly onto the copier drum.
The first commercial implementation of a laser printer was the IBM 3800 in 1976.
The laser printer was invented by Xerox in 1969 and was built from a modified photocopier. Gary Starkweather, who worked in Xerox's product development department, had the idea of using a laser beam to "draw" an image of what was to be copied directly onto the copier drum.
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The first commercial implementation of a laser printer was the IBM 3800 in 1976.
Betwen 1985-1987, the most powerful computing device Apple sold was the LaserWriter, one of the first generally-available laser printers. It had its own built-in CPU which was 50% faster than the Macs available at the time, which was needed to drive the printing engine.
All modern color printers print a secret, nearly invisible code onto every page to allow governments to track the serial number and time stamps.
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