History of the Laser Printer
Chronology
| 1969 | Gary Starkweather, at Xerox's research facility in Webster, New York, demonstrates using a laser beam with the xerography process to create a laser printer. |
| 1979 | IBM introduces the IBM 3800 laser printer, capable of printing 20,000 lines per minute. |
| 1981 May | Xerox unveils the Star 8010, at the National Computer Conference. Many features that were developed on the Alto are incorported. It includes a bitmapped screen, WYSIWYG word processor, mouse, laser printer, Smalltalk language, Ethernet, and software for combining text and graphics in the same document. At a starting price of US$16-17,000, the computer is not a commercial success. During its lifetime, 100,000 units are produced. |
| 1984 | Apple Computer gives LaserWriter printer prototypes to Lotus Development, Microsoft, and Aldus, in hopes of their developing application support for it. |
| 1984 | Hewlett-Packard introduces the LaserJet laser printer, featuring 300dpi resolution, for US$3,600. |
| 1985 | Apple Computer releases the Apple LaserWriter laser printer. |
| 1986 Jan | Apple Computer introduces the LaserWriter Plus printer. |
| 1990 | Hewlett-Packard's introduction of the LaserJet IIP breaks the US$1000 street price barrier. |
| 1992 Fall | Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP LaserJet 4 laser printer. |
| 1993 June | Hewlett-Packard introduces the LaserJet 4ML laser printer. |
| 1993 | QMS introduces the ColorScript Laser 1000 color laser printer, for US$12,499. |
| 1995 June | Apple Computer introduces its first color laser printer, the Color Laser Printer 12/600PS. The 600x600 dpi printer comes with 12 MB of RAM, uses a Canon-based engine, and costs about US$7,000. |
| 1996 April | Hewlett-Packard begins shipping the HP LaserJet 5 line of laser printers. |
Adapted from: http://www3.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
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