Editing Printronix (section)

==History==
Printronix was founded in 1974 by Robert A. Kleist and business partners Gordon B. Barrus and David Mayne. 

Barrus realized there was a capital need for businesses to store all their data via printing, so he quit his job at Data Products and started a company he named Eikon, marketing industrial-grade printers to businesses to fulfill this need. The company was not successful and Gordon regrouped to found the startup Printronix.
In the spring of 1974, in a garage in Playa del Rey, California, seven high technology pioneers got together and started a new company. 
They were Gordon Barrus (RIP), Leo Emenaker (RIP), Robert A Kleist, Dave Mayne, Ray Melissa, Rafael Patiño and Glen Radke (RIP).
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Initially working out of Leo Emenaker's garage in Playa Del Rey, California,  Barrus developed and invented what he christened as the '''P300''', a 300-line-per-minute (LPM) prototype line printer<ref>{{cite book|last=Webster|first=Edward|title=Print unchained : fifty years of digital printing, 1950-2000 and beyond : a saga of invention and enterprise|year=2000|publisher=DRA of Vermont|location=West Dover, Vt.|isbn=0-9702617-0-5|pages=137}}</ref> series.

The company would eventually incorporate, go public on the Nasdaq, and experience great success in the ensuing years with the emergence of the personal computer.

*'''1976''': Printronix goes Public and trades on the Nasdaq
*'''1981''': Opens Holland manufacturing facility and expands global operations to Europe, Middle-East and Africa
*'''1985''': Operations expand into Asia-Pacific with the opening of the Singapore Facility
*'''1995''': Printronix enters the Indian Market and signs agreement with Wipro
*'''1998''': Expansion into the China Market
*'''2001''': Printronix acquires RJS and enters the scanner/ verifier market<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-27-fi-12462-story.html|title=Eltron Sells RJS Name and Bar-Code Unit|last=MURPHY|first=BARBARA|date=1998-01-27|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref>
*'''2008''': Acquired by Vector Capital, Printronix becomes a Private Company<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?6835|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825183047/http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?6835|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2014|title=RFID Printer Maker Printronix Acquired for $108M - Page 1|last=Journal|first=RFID|website=www.rfidjournal.com|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref>
*'''2009''': Printronix acquires TallyGenicom<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tallygenicom.com/|title=TallyGenicom|website=tallygenicom.com|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref>
*'''2013''': Corona Investments acquires Printronix<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/466489|title=BDA Advises on Divestment of Printronix to Corona Investment Partners - PR.com|website=www.pr.com|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref>