Xerography Turns 75
That celebrating, however, was a bit premature. Carlson spent years searching for a company to help develop his invention into a useful product. He was turned down repeatedly by companies that felt carbon paper worked just fine.
It wasn't until 1944 that the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, contracted with Carlson to develop his process. Three years later, Battelle entered into an agreement with a photo-paper company named Haloid, giving Haloid the right to build a machine.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.