Photocopier a convergence in some high-end machines between the roles of a photocopier, a fax machine, a scanner, and a computer network-connected printer into a multi-function printer. Lower-end machines that can copy and print in color have increasingly dominated the home-office market as their prices fell steadily through 2017. Higher-end color photocopiers capable of handling heavy duty cycles and large-format printing remain a costlier specialty for print and design shops. Chester Carlson, the inventor of photocopying, was originally a patent attorney, as well as a part-time researcher and inventor. His job at the patent office in New York required him to
The 37's on "Star Trek"". For , to avoid the tremendous costs of landing the every week, Gene Roddenberry invented the transporter to get the crew to and from planets cheaply and quickly. For "" however, the concept of landing the "Voyager" was considered from the beginning as a way to differentiate the new series from those that preceded it. Episode co-writer Brannon Braga explained that it was understood from the beginning that the ship could land. "The 37's" is the first time in "Star Trek" canon that a starship is landed on a planet's surface. This was accomplished with a combination