- Gary Starkweather
Gary K. Starkweather is an American engineer and inventor.
In 1969, Starkweather invented the
laser printer atXerox 's Webster research center. He collaborated on the first fully functional laser printing system atXerox PARC in 1971. [cite book | title = Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology | author = Edwin D. Reilly | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 2003 | isbn = 1573565210 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYPKxug49IC&pg=PA152&dq=starkweather+laser-printer&as_brr=0&ei=DpHkRsKzPJfopQKTnazMDA&sig=nuw5tTFds6HmRQQmYFwunH8t6BU ] [cite book | title = A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology | author = Roy A. Allan | publisher = Allan Publishing | year = 2001 | isbn = 0968910807 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=FLabRYnGrOcC&pg=RA2-PR48&dq=starkweather+laser-printer+1971+parc&as_brr=0&ei=LpPkRraBJ4XapAK9hsCtBQ&sig=VuDclYJPxA0q6f2j4oW3BxQ2U78 ]At
Apple Computer in the 1990s, Starkweather inventedcolor management technology, [Gary K. Starkweather, " [http://www.google.com/patents?id=KtYnAAAAEBAJ&dq=ininventor:starkweather+ininventor:gary+inassignee:apple&as_drrb_] ," U.S. Patent 5694227, Dec. 2, 1997] and led the development of
Colorsync 1.0.In 2004, he was elected to the United States
National Academy of Engineering . [cite web | url = http://www.nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/Members+By+UNID/D4581984B3592D5B85256E39004FC685?opendocument | title = Mr. Gary K. Starkweather | work = National Academy of Engineering Membership Website]References
External links
* [http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/colloquium/2003-04/starkweather_10-16-03.html bio at U. Washington]
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