File 001 · Category Openers
Record 073 · Culture · 1984
84.73.KHP LaserJet
Hewlett-Packard
“A $3,495 box that, with the Mac and PageMaker, created desktop publishing.”
Desktop publishing's missing output device.
Canon CX engine, HP firmware. 8 ppm, 300 dpi. Combined with Macintosh and PostScript LaserWriter (1985) to kill typesetting shops.
Filed notes
- Affordable office laser
- PCL language
Units. Tens of millions of LaserJets across decades
SIC
3577
Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC
NAICS
333310
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
