30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN

“Quite remarkably, the single discipline of laser scanning has encompassed the widest range of image resolutions and speeds. During the first of two decades, attention concentrated upon the highest performance systems, such as for reconnaissance and graphic arts scanning and reproduction. Soon, however, the more moderate image requirements of business graphics and later the lower resolutions and speeds of such systems as bar-code reading became dominated by this technology. ”