History of Computer Printers

Printers In 1953, the first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand for use of the Univac computer.

In 1938, Chester Carlson invented a dry printing process called electrophotography commonly called "Xerox Technology Foundation for laser printers to come.
The original laser printer called EARS was developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center began in 1969 and completed in November 1971. Xerox Engineer, Gary Starkweather adapted Xerox copier technology adding a laser to come with a laser printer. According to Xerox, "The Xerox 9700 Electronic Printing System, the first xerographic laser printer product, was launched in 1977. The 9700, a direct descendant of the original Parc" ears "that launched the laser printer scanning optics, character generation electronics and formatting software, was the first product on the market to be activated by a research park. "
According to IBM, "the first IBM 3800 was installed in the headquarters data center in North America accounting of FW Woolworth's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1976." The printing system IBM 3800 was up first in the industry, the speed of laser printer. A laser printer that operates at a speed of over 100 pages per minute. E 'was the first printer to combine laser technology and electrophotography according to IBM.
In 1992, Hewlett-Packard released the popular LaserJet 4, the first 600 by 600 dots per inch resolution laser printer.
In 1976, the inkjet printer was invented, but it took until 1988 for the inkjet to become a commodity in the house with Hewlett-Parkard launch of inkjet printer Deskjet, with a price the whopping $ 1000.