Making Copies

There is an excellent article in this months Smithsonian Magazine about Chester Carlson, the inventor of xerography. Since laser printers also use this technology a huge amount of the printed word is published using Chester’s invention. At the Smithsonian website there is a synopsis, of the article but at the bottom of the page you can downlaod the entire article as a PDF. At first, nobody bought Chester Carlson’s strange idea. But trillions of documents later, his invention is the biggest thing in printing since Gutenburg. Read the article to see the role that the library played in the invention of xerography.

August 2, 2004 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Turner says:
    August 2, 2004 at 9:54 pm

    Cut and Paste
    It is hard for me to accept that people believe something is true if it is on the net.

      Are we really that gullible ?

      Maybe so…. I hope not. I haven’t met anyone who indicates they believe something is true if it is on the net.

    It strikes me that one of the big attractions for students doing research on the net is “the cut and paste feature”.

      This feature alone can make your paper a lot thicker very quickly.

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  2. Turner says:
    August 2, 2004 at 11:20 pm

    Re:Cut and Paste
    oops…wrong thread…sorry

    Reply

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