Many revolutionary inventions of mankind consign h1 to the past. So, the first photocopy which rescued clerks from need manually to copy documents was made more than 70 years ago. A lot of papers exhausted during this time on replication of important documents. Meanwhile, progress does not stand still, and people pass to . But it already other history.
the Inventor of the principle of photocopying. It graduated from the Californian institute of technology and in job searches went to New York where got a job in patent department of the Mallory firm which were engaged in electronics.
Exactly there when the necessary copy of the patent near at hand did not appear, Carlson for the first time reflected that it would be good to think up any fast and cheap way of copying of the necessary papers.
Having rummaged mountains of technical literature, it came to idea of the electrophoto. The photocopy first in the history was received on October 22, 1938 on the zinc plate covered with a layer of sulfur. Creation on it a static charge and plate radiation through glass with the inscription put on it transferred an inscription to a sulfur layer. The stuck motes allowed to read:" 10-22-38 ASTORIA". However years were required as early as to bring technology of electric copying to perfection.
B 1947 the little-known company Haloid from the city of Rochester started development of copy equipment on the basis of Carlson's invention. Two years later on sale there was a model of the photocopier first in the history. Technology of copying called "xerography" – from Greek the words "kseros" (dry) and I (write) "column".
From "xerography" there was also a new name of the Haloid company – since 1955, after association to the British firm Rank Organisation, it began to be called Rank Xerox, and then and simply Xerox.
Chester Carlson earned p by br on the invention of $150 million from which $100 million spent for charity.
It is remarkable that today passes the International day without paper which is fixed after every fourth Thursday of October. This day leading companies from different areas of economy unite to share personal experience of reduction of an irrational consumption of paper and to hold own actions of support.
the Purpose of the International day without paper (World Paper Free Day) — to show p to br on real examples, as well as by means of what technologies each organization can make the contribution to preservation of natural resources. Uniqueness of an action that it brings benefit not only to the nature, but also business. Use of technologies , optimization of business processes in the companies allow the organizations to cut down gradually expenses on the press, storage and paper transportation.
according to Association concerning Management of information and images (Association for Information and Image Management, AIIM), the economy or processing of ton of paper allows "to rescue" 17 trees, 26000 liters of water, 3 cubic meters of the earth, 240 liters of fuel and 4000 kWh of electricity.
However tendencies of world consumption of paper say p to br that collective measures on drawing attention to a problem are necessary. For the last 20 years the consumption of paper increased approximately by 26%.
any person can Support the stock also, having told about the personal example through social means of communication with the help heshtega %23DenBezBumagi. To Russian Federation the organizer of this holiday action is the Information and analytical DOCFLOW project which participants invite all not indifferent people and the company to take part in actions of Day.
On materials Docflow and Calend.ru.