Carbon Paper is Cheaper--the billions no one wanted

A laser printer sits by my desk. Not far away, an ink jet printer. In grade school had someone described such devices, it would have been the stuff of science fiction. Even in the early 1990’s, an office of over 200 people shared one Apple laser printer whose price had just dropped to $5000. The other laser was in the President’s office and off limits to the rest of us. Can you imagine the pandemonium to get things printed right before an important presentation to our Company President?...

11 May 2005 · Katherine M. Lawrence