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Gary Starkweather, Inventor of the Laser Printer, Dies at 81

posted by martyb on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the dreaming-of-a-paperless-office dept.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html

At the Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, Mr. [Gary] Starkweather built the first working laser printer in 1971 in less than nine months. By the 1990s, it was a staple of offices around the world. By the new millennium, it was nearly ubiquitous in homes as well.

"We still use the same fundamental engine to print billions of pages a day," said Doug Fairbairn, a staff director at the Computer History Museum who worked alongside Mr. Starkweather at PARC. "It was all Gary's idea."

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by looorg on Monday January 20 2020, @03:16AM (1 child)

    by looorg (578) on Monday January 20 2020, @03:16AM (#945635)

    Have they tried taking him out and shaking him a bit and then perhaps slam him a little against a desk or something? That is usually good for an extra print or two.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 21 2020, @12:07AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @12:07AM (#946079) Journal

    That got an actual real-life LOL from me! Thanks for that :)

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