Xerography Turns 75

By Bob Neubauer

Wanting to replace the cumbersome monicker "electrophotography," Carlson and Haloid took the advice of a classical language professor at Ohio State University, who suggested "xerography," derived from the Greek words for "dry" and "writing." Haloid then coined the word "Xerox."

In 1959, the 914 copier was unveiled. It took about 15 seconds to produce the first copy and then 7.5 seconds for each additional copy. It was a smashing success. The first 914 was shipped March 1, 1960, to Standard Press Steel, in Pennsylvania.

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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.