Engineers who changed an industry.

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The forum discussion celebrates the milestone of shipping the 200 millionth HP Inkjet printer, highlighting its origins at HP Corvallis where four engineers laid the groundwork for the modern printing industry. Two of these engineers continue to work at HP Corvallis, underscoring their lasting impact on technology. The transition from dot matrix printers to HP Inkjet technology revolutionized printing, enabling high-quality photo prints quickly and quietly. This achievement is recognized as a significant contribution to the evolution of the computer industry.

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Today we celebrated the shipping of the 200millionth HP Inkjet printer at HP Corvallis. This is the place it all started, in a small room in the south east corner of Building 3,an idea supplied by HP labs and 4 engineers created the foundation of the modern printing industry. 2 of those 4 engineers STILL WORK at HP Corvallis. They were introduced at the picnic today.

A short while after the indroduction one of them walked by were I was sitting and dropped his paper plate into the trash. Consider the effect this man had on the printing industry. Before HP Inkjet there was dot matrix, a rumor to most on this board. Now photo quality pictures printed quickly and quietly. These guys are agin to god in my eyes. Few people can lay claim to such a remarkable change, a change which is a significant portion of what the modern computer industry is all about.

I sat in the shadow of greatness today.
 
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Yeah, mad props out to the printer gods. All these things we take for granted... these things are such a major part of our lives. Dot matrix, hehehe...
 
I had a dot matrix printer...actually, I've had multiple
 

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