Birthday photocopies

The first copier appeared in 1938 thanks to the invention of physicist and printer Chester Carlson. This patent office employee decided to simplify his routine work and came up with a duplicating machine. 9 years later, having adopted the invention and bought it from Carlson for $150 million. patent, Haloid (later Xerox) released the first copier. The technical device has significantly simplified the work of office employees, employees of photo studios, small printing houses and other institutions. On October 22, the birthday of the photocopy is celebrated in honor of the revolutionary invention in every sense. Canon developed the New Process technology in 1968 and immediately released its own copier, the NP-1100. Devices from the Japanese manufacturer were the first to conquer the market of the Far East, whose residents used the term “canon” to refer to the facsimile reproduction of documents. Xerox was distributed in Central Russia. Here the verb “xerify” is used for the copying process. In modern language, many words have appeared derived from the names of companies that were the first to introduce goods and services to the consumer market. "Pampers" is used to refer to all disposable baby diapers, not just Pampers, "Jeep" - SUVs of the Jeep brand and other manufacturers, "copier" - for all copiers. Therefore, the holiday, which is celebrated on October 22, was established not in honor of the American corporation, but as a sign of gratitude to the printer Charles Carlson for the invention of the “electrophotography” process. Despite the fact that Xerox owns the palm in the production of copiers, the Japanese company managed to bypass its long-time competitor. In 2001, in the market for high-quality digital duplicators, Canon's ImageRunner and other devices had a 22% market share, while the American corporation had only 17%. Another major manufacturer of copying equipment for office and home is the American Hewlett-Packard. In 1998, HP released a multifunctional device that combined a printer, scanner, fax and copier. The Photosmart and PSC (Printer - Scanner - Copier) models from HP are examples of high-quality equipment designed on the all-in-one principle. However, the Japanese Okidata is considered a pioneer in the production of MFPs for “desktop printing”. In the late 1980s, the company was the first to introduce devices with copier, printer and scanner functions. Today on the market there are duplicating equipment from Xerox, Canon, Epson, Brother and other brands. Modern models equipped with touch screens are designed for both printing and sending faxes, scanning and copying documents, drawings, photographs and other two-dimensional images. Without this office equipment, it is difficult to imagine conducting office work in the 21st century. with its frantic speeds and pace of life. Therefore, October 22 is celebrated as Photocopy's Birthday every year.