Inventor of Xerography Celebrated on 100th Birthday

Inventor of Xerography Celebrated on 100th Birthday

One hundred years ago today Chester Carlson, the inventor of xerography, was born – a man whose genius would forever change how people share information and would ultimately generate a document management industry worth more than $112 billion.

Carlson’s invention is the method by which most of the world’s printed documents we see in offices are created today. Xerography is the technological foundation of copiers, laser printers, and digital production printers. It is used to create credit-card statements, personalized direct mailings, instant books and posters as well as countless memos, receipts, records and much more.

Carlson biographer David Owen estimates that in 2004, there were about 4 trillion pages printed on products made possible by Carlson’s invention of xerography. Though Carlson died in 1968 at age 62, his passion for creativity and exploration has lived on through generations of Xerox researchers and continued investments in innovation.

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