953 nut 51,720 #1 Posted October 22, 2016 10-22-1946 Xerox Chester Carlson of New York invents his copying method. He approached IBM with his invention, but they turned it down. Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. In 1938 Chester Carlson, a physicist working independently, invented a process for printing images using an electrically charged drum and dry powder "toner". However, it would take more than 20 years of refinement before the first automated machine to make copies was commercialized, using a document feeder, scanning light, and a rotating drum. Joseph C. Wilson, credited as the "founder of Xerox", took over Haloid from his father. He saw the promise of Carlson's invention and, in 1946, signed an agreement to develop it as a commercial product. Wilson remained as President/CEO of Xerox until 1967 and served as Chairman until his death in 1971. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 24,149 #2 Posted October 22, 2016 Thus allowing the Despicable Me Minions, to Zerox their rear ends for "posterior's" sake... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r356c 375 #3 Posted October 23, 2016 Xerox has deep roots in our modern personal computers. Xerox PARC is under appreciated for the computing advancements we still use today. http://www.techspot.com/guides/477-xerox-parc-tech-contributions/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
