| Photocopying machines are very common and have | | | | 1955 they invented the Copyflo which was the first |
| become an essential part of a normal office | | | | automated xerographic machine. Twenty years after |
| environment. Some have even stocked up on printers | | | | the electrophotography was invented the first office |
| that come complete with a photocopier, scanner and | | | | copier was produced with the next machine producing |
| fax machine in one. However, having a separate | | | | the first commercial push button for the machine |
| colour copier or black and white copying machine is | | | | known as the 914. |
| something that nearly all offices have and tend to use | | | | The 914 pushed the machine high into the market |
| on a regular basis. Since their invention in 1937, they | | | | resulting in its phenomenal success. In just three years |
| have undergone many changes and have maintained | | | | Haloid Xerox's income was bumped from $2million to |
| their place in the corporate world. | | | | $22million, all due to the 914. The next twenty years |
| Before even colour copiers came about on the | | | | was prosperous for Haloid Xerox, who later changed |
| market, the black and white photocopier was beginning | | | | their name to just Xerox and were listed on the New |
| to make its mark on the scene by a patent attorney in | | | | York stock exchange producing 24 new products. |
| New York. In October 1937 Chester Carlson invented | | | | Their success did not come without challenges as rival |
| what was the first photocopier, known at the time as | | | | manufacturers appeared on the market, re-branding |
| the electrophotography. This was then renamed | | | | the Xerox machine and referring to it simply as the |
| Xerography, with the first known photocopier being a | | | | photocopier. This sparked a fierce competition |
| 10-22-38 Astoria. At the time it fast became the most | | | | between the two. The rival manufacturer was called |
| well known piece of inventive ingenuity of the 20th | | | | Ricoh that developed the RiCopy 101 Diazo copier and |
| century, giving Carlson world acclaim, wealth and | | | | the prize winning RiCopy DT 1200. They later began |
| status. His generosity was also noted as he was | | | | producing office equipment further challenging Xerox's |
| reported to have given away nearly $100million to | | | | hold on the copying market. Reputable brands such as |
| charity before he died in 1968. | | | | Panasonic, Minolta, Toshiba, Sharp, Konica and Canon |
| It took a while for the Xerography to take off, | | | | began challenging Xerox. |
| because this was not a popular invention to begin with. | | | | Canon was possibly the most successful at rivalling |
| It took Carlson ten years before he could establish the | | | | Xerox becoming the dominant brand in the copying |
| Xerography company, with the help of Haloid | | | | market by 1985, placing much of their investment in |
| Company, a photo paper manufacturer in New York. | | | | development and producing the first colour copiers. |
| This was later changed to the Xerox Corporation; in | | | | |
