Printer & Fax Timeline
36documented models arranged by year of introduction. Every date is drawn from an authoritative source on the model’s own page; models without a sourced introduction year are omitted rather than estimated. Select any entry to read its sourced reference page.
1950s
- 1959IBM 1403 (Line Printer, 1959)IBM · Line printer
1960s
- 1962IBM 1443 (Flying Type Bar Line Printer, 1962)IBM · Line printer
- 1963Teletype Model 33Teletype Corporation (subsidiary of Western Electric / AT&T) · Electromechanical teleprinter (computer terminal)
1970s
- 1970Centronics 101Centronics Data Computer Corporation · Impact dot matrix printer
- 1975IBM 3800IBM · High-speed laser printer (mainframe production printer)
- 1977NEC SpinwriterNEC Corporation (Nippon Electric Company) · Letter-quality impact printer (thimble printer)
- 1977Xerox 9700Xerox Corporation · High-volume production laser printer (electronic printing system)
- 1979Oki Microline (Okidata ML)Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd. (Japan); marketed in the United States by Okidata · Serial impact dot matrix (SIDM) printer
1980s
- 1980Epson MX-80 (1980)Seiko Epson · Impact dot matrix printer
- 1980Group 3 Fax Machines (ITU-T T.4 / T.30)Fax machine class
- 1983Apple ImageWriter (1983)Apple Computer · Dot-matrix printer
- 1983Canon LBP-CX Print Engine (1983)Canon · Laser print engine
- 1983Epson FX-80Epson (Seiko Epson Corporation) · 9-pin impact dot-matrix printer
- 1983Star Gemini-10XStar Micronics · Dot-matrix printer
- 1984Group 4 Fax MachinesFax machine class
- 1984HP 7550A PlotterHewlett-Packard · Pen plotter
- 1984HP LaserJet (Original, 1984)Hewlett-Packard · Laser printer
- 1984HP ThinkJet (2225, 1984)Hewlett-Packard · Inkjet printer
- 1985Apple LaserWriter (1985)Apple Computer, Inc. · Laser printer
- 1985Canon Bubble Jet BJ-80 (Original, 1985)Canon Inc. · Inkjet printer (thermal inkjet / "Bubble Jet")
- 1985IBM ProprinterIBM (International Business Machines Corporation) · Dot matrix printer
- 1985Star Micronics NL-10Star Micronics Co., Ltd. · Dot-matrix printer
- 1988Apple LaserWriter IIApple Computer, Inc. · Laser printer
- 1988HP DeskJet (Original, 1988)Hewlett-Packard · Inkjet printer
1990s
- 1990HP DeskJet 500 (1990)Hewlett-Packard · Inkjet printer
- 1990HP LaserJet III (1990)Hewlett-Packard · Laser printer
- 1990Xerox DocuTech (Production Publisher, 1990)Xerox · Digital production printing and publishing system
- 1991HP DesignJetHewlett-Packard · Large-format inkjet plotter
- 1991Tektronix Phaser (Solid Ink)Tektronix · Solid ink (phase-change) color printer
- 1992HP LaserJet 4 (1992)Hewlett-Packard · Laser printer
- 1994Epson Stylus ColorSeiko Epson Corporation · Color inkjet printer
- 1994HP Color LaserJet (Original)Hewlett-Packard · Color laser printer
- 1994HP OfficeJet (Original, 1994)Hewlett-Packard · Inkjet all-in-one (printer-fax-copier)
- 1994Lexmark Optra (1994)Lexmark International, Inc. · Laser printer
- 1996HP LaserJet 5 (1996)Hewlett-Packard · Monochrome laser printer
- 1998HP LaserJet 1100Hewlett-Packard · Monochrome laser printer