Office Technology Advances

The Xerox 914 was introduced in 1959 as the world's first successful commercial plain paper copier.  It revolutionized office work by making document duplication fast, easy and affordable.

Unlike earlier copiers that required special paper; the 914 used ordinary typewriter paper.  This was made possible by means of technology (xerography) developed twenty years earlier by Chester Carlson in 1938.  It incorporated automatic document feeding allowing it to handle multiple copies and produced up to seven copies per minute.  A record for the time.

Weighing-in at more than 650 pounds it required a sturdy floor and with a propensity to overheat and occasionally catch fire every unit came equipped with a fire extinguisher.  

All of that aside, the 914 was so popular it quadrupled Xerox corporation's revenue in only a couple years.  Cheap and easy to use - even a monkey could operate it...