Apple wasn't even the second to market with a laser printer. HP (with the LaserJet) and Canon beat them. But it was Gary Starkweather at Xerox PARC that invented the laser printer (he did later join Apple though). Apple's LaserWriter was actually based on Canon's engine.
The first commercial implementation of the Laser Printer was the IBM 3800 in 1976. The Xerox X7600 (Xerox's first commercial laser printer) was released a year later. Canon introduced the first "low cost" laser printer with the Canon LBP-10 in 1979. This was followed up by the Canon LB-CX (this would eventually be what the Apple LaserWriter was based on). However, in addition to Apple, Canon also partnered with HP and the LaserJet beat Apple to market as well. The LaserJet is credited with being the first "Desktop" laser printer though both the LaserJet and LaserWriter were based on Canon's designs for the underlying technology.
You know what, you’re right. My misunderstanding was that it was first to the consumer market but it was actually the postscript support Apple was first to the plate in terms of OS support.
Windows never really supported PostScript properly and Linux had it but it was often very expensive.
Nope. Desktop laser printers were developed by Apple.
Xerox only made photocopiers. That being said, Apple did work with Xerox to develop the Laser Writer.
Apple wasn't even the second to market with a laser printer. HP (with the LaserJet) and Canon beat them. But it was Gary Starkweather at Xerox PARC that invented the laser printer (he did later join Apple though). Apple's LaserWriter was actually based on Canon's engine.
The first commercial implementation of the Laser Printer was the IBM 3800 in 1976. The Xerox X7600 (Xerox's first commercial laser printer) was released a year later. Canon introduced the first "low cost" laser printer with the Canon LBP-10 in 1979. This was followed up by the Canon LB-CX (this would eventually be what the Apple LaserWriter was based on). However, in addition to Apple, Canon also partnered with HP and the LaserJet beat Apple to market as well. The LaserJet is credited with being the first "Desktop" laser printer though both the LaserJet and LaserWriter were based on Canon's designs for the underlying technology.
You know what, you’re right. My misunderstanding was that it was first to the consumer market but it was actually the postscript support Apple was first to the plate in terms of OS support.
Windows never really supported PostScript properly and Linux had it but it was often very expensive.