Xerox

The Products, The Brand & Our Relationship With Them

At TonerGiant, we’re proud to say that one of the closest relationships we have with our suppliers is with Xerox.

And why wouldn’t we be? Their expertise goes way beyond making quality printers and ink and toner cartridges. Xerox are one of the biggest innovators in the printing industry, having been the creators of ‘Xerography,’ what we now commonly refer to as photocopying.

Furthermore, Xerox’s groundbreaking solid ink technology is revered by businesses, professionals and print enthusiasts the world over for its superior colour definition and quality. Below you’ll find some information about the relationship between Xerox and TonerGiant and their products, as well as a brief history of the brand.

Xerox and TonerGiant

We’ve been working closely with Xerox since we launched back in 2006.

Like with all our suppliers, building strong partnerships with brands such as Xerox helps us to gain a thorough understanding of their products and services. The result of this means that we can ultimately provide you with a greater level of service and support.

Our close partnership means that we can also offer incentives and rewards to our Xerox customers. We recently ran a successful tablet promotion (customers that spent over £400 on Xerox consumables could claim a free Android tablet) and we hope to hold more promotions in the future.

Xerox Products

Xerox is one of the biggest names in document management.

They specialise in:

Printers & Copiers: Xerox machines are aimed predominantly at business customers. The Xerox Phaser printer range, for example, comes equipped with the latest technology to handle big, complex print jobs, whilst the Workcentre range of multi-function printers combine all print, fax and copy capabilities, yet remain incredibly easy to use and manage.

Printer Consumables: Xerox toner cartridges are among the highest-quality consumables on the market. And the brand also produces a range of manufactured cartridges designed for non-Xerox printers.

Solid Ink: A technology owned by Xerox, solid ink printers are perfect for those that print a lot of colour and need a superior colour print. The sticks of solid ink last longer than traditional printer cartridges, meaning users can achieve lower printer running costs. Find out more about the technology behind solid ink.

Workflow and Document Management Software: Xerox offers various digital printing workflow services, including solutions for cross-media publishing, prepress and colour management. Also, Xerox has a comprehensive range of managed print solutions. Indeed, Xerox provides the software behind our free TonerTracker tool.

The brand continues to innovate. Indeed, they’re awarded around 23 new patents every week! The company’s dedicated Palo Alto Research Centre in California has been in operation since 1970 and is where the company’s technicians and scientists develop all of their new inventions. And away from the people in the labs, Xerox has 119,000 customer-facing employees The brand also positions itself as a thought leader for all things business and tech. Their social media accounts publish hints, advice and related news articles on a daily basis. In turn, companies will turn to Xerox for helpful and informative information in these areas.

A Brief History Of Xerox

The Xerox story began in 1903 with the M.H. Kuhn Company, a business that was taken over by the Haloid Company three years later in Rochester, New York. The initial goal was to produce and sell printing paper.

In 1939 the company, along with physicist Chester Carlson, began to experiment with the concept of using electrically charged toner and drums to create a printing image. This was photocopying in its earliest form.

The bosses at Haloid saw the potential in Carlson’s inventions and signed an agreement to begin using it to produce commercial products five years later. The term “Xerography” (Greek for “dry writing”) was coined by Haloid to describe this process, and it would then go on to influence the brand name that we now know as Xerox.

As the years passed, Xerox began to make more complex machines as the concept of photocopying began to catch on with the public.

This video was a famous advert for the Xerox 9200, aired during the 1975 Super Bowl.

Xerox helped to develop the world’s first PC, the ALTO, in the 1970s and also started to develop printers and scanners throughout the 1980s and 90s to diversify their product range and help pioneer more new technologies.