Who invented the Photocopier.

[xyetti]

I am trying to find out who invented the photocopier? Can anyone help

[Zeldaman]

[20 year tech]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

Chester Carlson

[Debs1964]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

Chester Carlson

This is correct, Chester Carlson filed his first patent in 1937, in 1938 the worlds first copy made using the xerographic process was made

[gwaddle]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

This is correct, Chester Carlson filed his first patent in 1937, in 1938 the worlds first copy made using the xerographic process was made

Y'all are so smart.

[Debs1964]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

Y'all are so smart.

Google is your friend
Although, having been a Xeroid for so many years, I knew Chester Carlson, but I couldn't remember the years

[KenB]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

I invented the photocopier.

Now, when can I expect to start seeing my royalty checks?

[Debs1964]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

Google is your friend
Although, having been a Xeroid for so many years, I knew Chester Carlson, but I couldn't remember the years

I would have guessed close to the right year, I remember Xerox introducing the "50" range of machines (including the amazing 5028 and the not so great 5034) to mark 50 years of xerography, that must have been back in 1988 when I was still a relative newbie. I remember threatening to take out a grievance procedure against a team leader who told me he wouldn't have me trained on the 5034 because he didn't think a girl could manage it!!!!

[subaro]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

E=MC2

[gwaddle]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

I would have guessed close to the right year, I remember Xerox introducing the "50" range of machines (including the amazing 5028 and the not so great 5034) to mark 50 years of xerography, that must have been back in 1988 when I was still a relative newbie. I remember threatening to take out a grievance procedure against a team leader who told me he wouldn't have me trained on the 5034 because he didn't think a girl could manage it!!!!

I haven't met you in person yet, but I'd know better than to say that to you.

[Debs1964]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

I haven't met you in person yet, but I'd know better than to say that to you.

But you're still the only person I've ever skyped

[draph]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

There were many models before those. How could you forget the 1020?

He offered the patent to IBM and they turned him down.

I would have guessed close to the right year, I remember Xerox introducing the "50" range of machines (including the amazing 5028 and the not so great 5034) to mark 50 years of xerography, that must have been back in 1988 when I was still a relative newbie. I remember threatening to take out a grievance procedure against a team leader who told me he wouldn't have me trained on the 5034 because he didn't think a girl could manage it!!!!

[Debs1964]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

There were many models before those. How could you forget the 1020?

He offered the patent to IBM and they turned him down.

As the "50" series marked 50 years of xerography I know there were loads of models that came before, the 1020 was a pretty good little machine, apart from the blank area down one side of the copies caused by the stripper belt, the blank area that customers always swore was never there previously

[slimslob]

Re: Who invented the Photocopier.

I would have guessed close to the right year, I remember Xerox introducing the "50" range of machines (including the amazing 5028 and the not so great 5034) to mark 50 years of xerography, that must have been back in 1988 when I was still a relative newbie. I remember threatening to take out a grievance procedure against a team leader who told me he wouldn't have me trained on the 5034 because he didn't think a girl could manage it!!!!

I have worked with a lot of "girls" when I was in the Army Reserves who could manage things just as well and in some cases better then most of the men. Personally I would not consider a young lady in her mid twenties a girl.