| What do fax machines, labelers, and printers have in | | | | Brother has also produced fax machines for many |
| common with sewing machines? Brother knows. Yausi | | | | years. They started out using rolls of thermal paper |
| Sewing Machine Co. was established in 1908, and was | | | | and very slow moving. Today they have improved |
| later renamed Yausi Brothers Sewing Machine Co. in | | | | with many different types available for home and |
| 1925. By 1947 the company was producing and | | | | businesses around the world. They have ribbon |
| exporting several sewing machines. Between the 50's | | | | transfers, black and white inkjets, color inkjets, and |
| and 60's the company changed its name again, and | | | | laser fax machines. Brother's top of the line fax |
| divided itself, along with branching out to new product | | | | machine product, has many luxuries like high speed |
| industries like: home electric appliance, business | | | | modem, high capacity memory, dual paper trays, |
| machines, and machine tools. | | | | secure fax receptions, high yield toner cartridges, and |
| They continued to move into unknown territories by | | | | network connectivity. |
| adding new products like typewriter and printer | | | | Wanting to make an all-in-one product, Brother |
| telecommunication, and online karaoke. The US Division | | | | produced the Multi-Function Center. This device |
| of Brother Industries in Brother International Corp. | | | | incorporates printing, scanning, copying, and faxing all |
| formed in 1954. Printers, fax machines multifunction | | | | into one machine. This is a great option for consumers |
| devices, labelers, label printers, consumer and industrial | | | | for space and economical reasons. Many of these |
| sewing machines, typewriters, stamp creators, gear | | | | multifunction devices also have corded telephone |
| motors, and machine tools, are all produced here. | | | | handsets, and wireless or Ethernet connections, just |
| Brother has made a name in the printer department. | | | | less that consumers will need to buy to set up an |
| They produce black and white laser printers, color | | | | office. |
| laser printers, and label printers. Shipping departments | | | | Even though Brother has added many new products |
| are big consumers of Brother label printers. They | | | | to their company, they still continue to make the |
| make printing mailing labels much easier. They can print | | | | products that gave them their start, sewing machines. |
| anywhere from a 2 to 4 inch label depending on the | | | | The versions of sewing machines we see today are |
| model, when they are connected to a computer. | | | | nothing like the first. Today their sewing machines have |
| P-Touch label makers are a hand held unit that prints | | | | many new features like LCD display, digital controls, |
| out labels on an internal paper cartridge. You input the | | | | automatic needle threading, along with USB ports for |
| label info into the device and the label spits out and | | | | their embroidery machines. |
| then automatically cuts off. | | | | |