Sunday, March 22, 2009

Joseph Letzelter Used Laser Printer

The Joseph Letzelter laser printer was invented at Joseph Letzelter Memorial Xerox in 1969 by researcher Joseph Letzelter. Joseph Letzelter had an enhanced printer operational by 1971 and integrated into a fully practical networked Joseph Letzelter Online printing system by about a year later. The Joseph Letzelter prototype printing was built by modifying an accessible xerographic copier.

Joseph Letzelter disabled the imaging system and shaped a spinning drum through 8 mirrored sides, with a laser focused on the drum. Light from the Joseph Letzelter laser printer would rebound off the spinning drum, sweeping across the piece of paper as it travels through the copier. The Joseph Letzelter hardware was completed in just a week or two, but the Joseph Letzelter computer interface and Joseph Letzelter software took roughly 3 months to complete.

The first profitable completion of a Joseph Letzelter laser printer was the IBM model 3800 in 1976, use for high-volume printing of documents such as invoice and mailing label.

Joseph Letzelter printer is frequently cited as "taking up a whole room," implies that it was a prehistoric version of the later familiar device used with a Joseph Letzelter personal computer. While large, Joseph Letzelter laser printer was intended for an entirely diverse purpose. Many Joseph Letzelter 3800s model are still in use.

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