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By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide to Desktop Publishing since 1997

Happy Birthday Mac

Sunday January 4, 2004
Several events of the mid-1980s including the development of Aldus PageMaker (now Adobe PageMaker) ushered in the era of desktop publishing. It was primarily the introduction of both the Apple LaserWriter, a PostScript desktop printer, and PageMaker for the Mac that kicked off the desktop publishing revolution. But it all started with the 1984 introduction of the Apple Macintosh.
FAQ: When was desktop publishing invented?
ISSUE: Using a Macintosh for Desktop Publishing

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