Epson Stylus 800 Monochrome
date: label: date made
content: 1991
name: label: maker
content: Seiko Epson Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: By the late 1980's matrix dot printers were giving way to the technology of inkjet printers. Epson was behind its competitors in moving to the new technology base on inkjet printing. In 1989, it set up a 50 person team to develop a new line of inkjet printers, first monochrome, and later color. The team realized from the outset that the principal component needing development was the inkjet head (item2001.0003.09 below). Their goal was to establish a team that could progressively make heads smaller and more effective. The team finalized the design for their first production monochrome printer, the Epson Stylus Monochrome 800, in December 1991. Although other manufacturers already had inkjet printers on the market, the quality and small size of the Epson printer led to its quick success in the market.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Seiko Epson Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0003.03
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0003.03
label: accession number
content: 2001.0003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Inkjet Printer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 43.5 cm x 43 cm; 6 5/16 in x 17 1/8 in x 16 15/16 in