Editing Xerox (section)

=== Xeronic Computer Printer ===
[[File:XeronicPrinterProductRankResearchLabs1963-PJGreaves.jpg|thumb|left|Peter James Greaves at the Rank Research Labs 1963 --- A project to attach a Xeronic printer to the Lyons Leo III]]
In 1956, Haloid formed a joint venture in the UK with [[Rank Xerox|Rank Organisation]] whose Rank Precision Industries Ltd. subsidiary was charged with anglicising the US products. Rank's Precision Industries went on to develop the Xeronic computer printer and Rank Data Systems Ltd was set up to bring the product to market. It used [[cathode-ray tube]]s to generate the characters and forms that could be overlaid from [[microfilm]] images. Initially, they planned for the [[Ferranti]] and AEI computer companies to sell the Xeronic as an on-line peripheral, but due to interface problems, Rank switched to a magnetic tape off-line technique. In 1962, Lyons Computers Ltd. placed an order for use with their [[LEO (computer)|LEO III computer]], and the printer was delivered in 1964. It printed 2,888 lines per minute, slower than the target of 5,000 lpm.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bird|first=Peter |date=1994 |title=LEO The first business computer |publisher=Biddles Ltd.|pages=153–159|chapter=Chapter 5: Further Automation Improvements|isbn=0-9521651-0-4}}</ref>