Continuous form laser printer designed and manufactured by IBM
IBM 3800 Printer
Date invented
1975
Manufacturer
IBM
Introduced
1976
Discontinued
1999
The IBM 3800 is a discontinued laser printer designed and manufactured by IBM. It was the first commercially available laser printer.[1] It was a continuous form laser printer, meaning that it printed onto a continuous long sheet of paper.
The 3800 was initially positioned as a line printer replacement with additional features. Besides the much greater speed, enhancements over the line printer included:[2]
Forms overlay – the ability to print a predefined form along with the data, eliminating the need for preprinted forms.
Thirteen different character sets. The standard 3800 could use only one per print data set; a special feature allowed four to be used at a time.
Multiple copies printed on single-ply paper, rather than using multiple-ply paper, data could be changed or suppressed between copies.
User-defined graphic characters could be used along with standard character sets.
Later the 3800 family supported Advanced Function Presentation (AFP), a page description language with features similar to Xerox Corporation's Interpress or Adobe Systems' PostScript.
The 3800 attached to a mainframe system via a parallel (Bus and Tag) channel. Support for two channels was available as an option.
At the time of the announcement of the IBM 3900, a ComputerWorld Magazine article claimed there were over 10,000 IBM 3800s deployed worldwide.[3]
The 3800 was replaced by the IBM 3900, announced in 1990. The 3800 was discontinued in 1999.[4]
^"IBM Archives: 1976". IBM.
^IBM Corporation. "3800 Printer" (PDF). ed-thelen.org. Retrieved Dec 10, 2019.
^Bozman, Jean S. (1990-10-08). "IBM makes good on several previous promises" (PDF). Computerworld. Vol. 24, no. 41. International Data Group. p. 133.
^IBM Corporation. "Declaration of Plan to Discontinue Lease, Rental, and Maintenance Services for Selected IBM Printers" (PDF). ibm.com. Retrieved Dec 9, 2019.
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