Xerox Dover

The Xerox Dover laser printer was an early laser printer manufactured at Xerox PARC in the late 1970s.[1] Around 35 were built.[1] It was a successor to the EARS printer, itself a successor to the Xerox Graphics Printer.[2]

The Dover was developed by Gary Starkweather.[3] The printer was based on a stripped down Xerox 7000 reduction duplicator chassis.[4]


Description

The Dover has a maximum resolution of 384 pels horizontally and vertically. It uses cut-sheet 81⁄2 x 11 in. paper, and paper speed is 1.2 inches per second.[4]: p.36  The Dover has a Length of 65 in., and a Width of 32 in. Its weight is 1250 lb.[4]: p.249 

Users

Dover printers were in use at several high-profile computer science research labs. A Dover printer was installed at Stanford University's computer science department in 1980,[5] and a Dover printer was available at the MIT AI Lab in 1982, hosted by a Xerox Alto computer.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dover Laser Printer". Computer History Museum. 1976. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Origins & Early Development of Scalable Digital Type Fonts at Xerox PARC". historyofinformation.com. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. ↑ Pings, Gregory (2017-06-29). "Marking 40 Years of Xerox Laser Printing With Its Inventor Gary Starkweather". Digital Printing Hot Spot. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. 1 2 3 "Collection of Dover printer documentation" (PDF). Bitsavers.org.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Alto Land: Stanford Alto User's Manual" (PDF). bitsavers.org. September 1980. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. ↑ Stacy, Christopher C. (7 September 1982). "Getting Started Computing at the Al Lab" (PDF). MIT Dspace. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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