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Chester Carlson:invented a dry printing process called a Xerox, setting the foundation technology for laser printers to come.
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The first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand
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According to Xerox, "The Xerox 9700 Electronic Printing System", the first xerographic laser printer product, was released in 1977.
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the inkjet printer was invented, but it took until 1988 for the inkjet to become a home consumer item with Hewlett-Parkard's release of the DeskJet inkjet printer.
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Hewlett-Packard released the popular LaserJet 4, the first 600 by 600 dots per inch resolution laser printer.