Brother Toner and His Family

Brother Toner Printers are some of the best around. But what about Brother’s family? He comes from a very noble line of printers. Here’s a little bit about his ancestors.

In 1938 Chester Carlson developed electrophotography, more commonly known as the Xerox. This laid the foundation for modern printing.

The first laser printer was called EARS, and took two years to develop and complete back in 1969. This took place at the Xerox Research Center in Palo Alto. In 1977 the 9700 employed Xerox technology with a laser beam. This printer was a direct descendant of EARS and contributed much to laser optics technology, the generation of characters, and page formatting for the next generation of laser printers.

Just one year later, IBM released the first high speed laser printer in the accounting office of F.W. Woolworth in Milwaukee, WI, printing at more than 100 impressions per minute.

In 1984 Hewlett Packard released the Laser Jet, which sold for $3,600. By 1992, the price of laser printers had decreased dramatically in relation to the furtherance of technology. That same year the LaserJet 4 printed at 600 by 600 dots per inch of resolution.

Today, Brother Toner and Brother Toner cartridges are leading the way in print technology. The future of laser printing is bright. The Brother family only has room to grow.