The 2700 was announced in March, 1982, and can print up to 12 pages per minute (PPM), one-sided, on standard A4 or Letter cut-sheet paper.

In 1964, Xerox introduced LDX (Long Distance Xerography)[3][4] a facsimile system which used a CRT (cathode ray tube) as an imaging source.

[5] In 1973, The Xerox 1200,[6] used an optical analogue of the drum line printer—a spinning optical character drum and a row of xenon tubes whose flashing was timed to project the required characters onto the xerographic photosensor.

Laser printing extensions required additional escape codes for functions like font changes and imbedded images.

The optional plug-in cartridges hold fonts and logos, and additional bitmaps can be downloaded.