Monday, September 6, 2021

Basic timeline of Xerox

This post is a basic timeline of Xerox. There are 26 events listed below chronologically.

  • Haloid Photographic Company is founded (1906)
  • Physicist Chester Carlson invents image printing process (1938)
  • Haloid purchases Carlson's image printing process (1946)
  • Flat-plate 1385 (developed before Xerox 914)
  • Copyflo microfilm printer (1955)
  • Renamed to Haloid Xerox (1958)
  • Xerox 914 photocopier (1959)
  • Xerox becomes publicly traded (1960)
  • Renamed to Xerox (1961)
  • Xerox 913 paper copier (1963)
  • Long distance xerography system (1964)
  • Xerox 2400 (1966)
  • Xerox 3600 (after Xerox 2400)
  • Laser printing is invented by Gary Starkweather at Xerox (1969)
  • Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (1970)
  • Xerox 6500 color copier (1971)
  • Xerox 1200 non-impact printer (1973)
  • Xerox Alto minicomputer (1973)
  • Xerox 9700 laser printer (1977)
  • Steve Jobs sees the WIMP system (1979)
  • Xerox 5700 laser printer (1980)
  • Xerox Star computer (1981)
  • Memorywriter electronic typewriter (1981)
  • Xerox Daybreak (1985)
  • DocuTech print technology (1990)
  • Fujifilm acquires 50.1% equity stake in Xerox (2018)

Sources
Wikipedia: XeroxXerox Daybreak