"We actually made the imager, the raster imaging guts for the Apple LaserWriter. And
I was just fascinated by Apple's business model. They shipped, drop shipped from I guess it was Fuji or
from Ricoh or Cannon. I guess it was Cannon. They bought the Cannon engine with no controller and
they told us when to ship the controller, the power cord and the manuals in a box for the customer to put it into the printer. So they never touched the printer at all. It was a brilliant <laughs> business model. No inventory. <laughs> No payables, you know, all receivables. <laughs> "
Oral History of Grant Saviers, part 2 of 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od830KDrLUU https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...
"We actually made the imager, the raster imaging guts for the Apple LaserWriter. And I was just fascinated by Apple's business model. They shipped, drop shipped from I guess it was Fuji or from Ricoh or Cannon. I guess it was Cannon. They bought the Cannon engine with no controller and they told us when to ship the controller, the power cord and the manuals in a box for the customer to put it into the printer. So they never touched the printer at all. It was a brilliant <laughs> business model. No inventory. <laughs> No payables, you know, all receivables. <laughs> "