Desktop laser printers use cut sheets like a copy machine. Large printers ... a waxlike ink onto the drum. In 1975, IBM introduced the first laser printer, the model 3800. Later, Siemens came ...

One of the first commercial inkjet printers was the IBM 6640 ... a more compact machine for personal printing at home. Measuring 11.5 x 8 x 3.5 inches, the black-and-white printer would have ...

Although the printer is the "most advanced" part ... The artisans dubbed the machine's outer color "IBM beige" because it's ...