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Xerox made a ROI of 20000% on the laser printer alone [1]. A better version lecture Alan did for Ycombinator startups [2] but doesn't focus on the return of inv
by morphle 3y ago
Xerox made a ROI of 20000% on the laser printer alone [1]. A better version lecture Alan did for Ycombinator startups [2] but doesn't focus on the return of investment.
Xerox did shrink a bit since then.
[1] https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1828 https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1828
[2] https://youtu.be/1e8VZlPBx_0?t=975 https://youtu.be/1e8VZlPBx_0?t=975
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoFrom my few hours of research on Xerox PARC, the laser printer did make a huge return (as you note, correctly); it's just "typical Xerox" that the engineers who invented LASER printing (i.e. using a laser to scan) also had to sit on their invention for years because the executive/sales teams didn't believe in an already-functional technology (the first decade of Xerox "non-ink printers" used visible light; the laser literally had to be forced into the Xerox equipment by R&D..!