History of Xerox Copiers | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- The Xerox 914 was the first commercially successful automatic office copier. Using Chester Carlson's xerography process, documents were produced electrostatically, using powdered toner. This copier weighed 650 pounds and made one copy every 26 seconds on paper up to 9 x 14 inches. The 914 also came with a "scorch eliminator" -- a small fire extinguisher for taming fires caused by overheating. Season 4 Episode 92.
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I worked on a later version of this model. They were a real pig to work on, 6 feet of paper path, many obstacles to impede the paper travel, sometimes ( often ) , the paper would stop or curl when passing the heater, causing a fire. Early models were apparently supplied with fire extinguisher, which were withdrawn because of the mess they made inside the machine. The operators were instructed not to open the machine doors in cases of copies not appearing in the receiving tray, or of smelling smoke, but to pull out the paper tray to stop "feeding " the fire ! The technician would turn up on the service call, and almost always have to replace the transport belts under the heater after a paper jam, as they were usually burned to a crisp, like charred toast. Happy times.......not. Ha ha ha.
This model and its family, (914, 422, 720, 1000 ), also featured many rubber toothed belts, whose purpose was to connect the many drives to various and all moving parts. It was a constant worry to get a call for a blur on a printed line, which usually meant one of the belts stretching and jumping a cog as the cause. Not only was it difficult to diagnose which of the many belts was the culprit, but changing it was something else, it seemed like the whole machine was built around it. From a techies point of view, nothing good to say about this model, except some of the stories about the operators, which can't be repeated in print.
Fascinating
I'm a copier tech and I'm glad this is not the case anymore :) Still these are complex machines and brake very often, but at least they have self diagnostic now and it's very pleasant to work on them. Thanks for the cool story
Man how old are you? Lol.
Xerox marketing preferred to call those extinguishers "scorch eliminators"!
The script for this is so creative. Thanks
This invention certainly revolutionised administration and influenced every aspect of life, regards Master of the Bleeding Obvious,
I used the 720, almost identical to this one. 1972 went on a Key Operator training course in Euston Rd London. So slow and got hot, stunk of toner. Yes, keep the doors shut if you got a jam.
Does anyone remember Sun Prints ? We used them for map making during field surveys in the 60's,
Chester did not invent the copier, he invented & perfected a xeorgaphical module,
Do you know who actually invented the photocopier? I’m doing a project for it and in the video I have to make I need a history part on my topic.
Worked in the patent department and came up with the idea :D. I know a few other "inventors" who got their "ideas" while working in a patent office..
Great I took care of these
The day the xerox was invented so was the moon copy.
Thanks
Early on Xerox referred to it as "Dry Ink" not Toner.
And the process was called "xerography", the word inspired by the Greek to imply "dry writing."
@@GreatMewtwo The other term which was not Greek is "Electrophotography"
Originally called electrophotography, it was renamed xerography-from the Greek roots ξηρός xeros, "dry" and -γραφία -graphia, "writing"-to emphasize that unlike reproduction techniques then in use such as cyanotype, the process of xerography used no liquid chemicals
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Never could have accomplished that until they understood how the sun copies the earth as the moon.🤐
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Can copy your money
The Xerox 914 was a beautiful machine. Why did photocopier designs become so ugly?
Who knows why its called the 914? I do.
9x14"