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
How the Scots Invented the Modern World just accept this extraordinary compliment graciously." It was likely influenced by Thomas Cahill's "How the Irish Saved Civilization" and the result of a marketing strategy. Several reviewers found that Herman was successful in proving that Scots did have a disproportionate impact on modernity. Herman continued this type of theme with his next book, "To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World", published in 2004. Critics found the book well-written and scholarly but with an over-reaching thesis. The reviewer for the "National Review" defended Herman's use of the word "invented", writing that it has "an older meaning: