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Chester Carlson Research Paper
Chester Carlson The Man of Xerox
The history of xerography has no beginning without the man known as Chester F. Carlson. His life started out rough, he was born February 8, 1906, in Seattle, Washington to a Swedish immigrant father and a mother who both contracted tuberculosis. Their illnesses were the reason the family moved to Mexico for a short period of time and also why Carlson was stuck with the role of supporting the Family financially. Although he was under significant strain for the beginning of his life he was able to better himself with years of education and hard work and in turn was able to change and improve the world of printing.
His Introduction To Printing and Further Work
Carlson got his first taste of the printing industry

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