12 Facts About Genigraphics

Genigraphics is a large-format printing service bureau specializing in providing poster session services to medical and scientific conferences throughout the US and Canada.

Genigraphics began as a computer graphics system, developed by General Electric in the late 1960s, for NASA to use in space flight simulation.

The first Genigraphics systems used an array of buttons, dials, knobs and joysticks, along with a built in keyboard, as the means of user interface.

Shortly after the divestiture, the headquarters of Genigraphics was moved from Liverpool, New York to Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

At its peak, Genigraphics Corporation employed roughly 300 people in 24 offices worldwide, with revenues upwards of $70 million annually.

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In 1989, after three years of flat revenue, Genigraphics sold its hardware business in order to focus on its service bureau business and partnership with Microsoft via PowerPoint.

In 1994, all assets of Genigraphics, including equipment, software development, in-house artwork, trademarks, and rights to the Microsoft partnership, were sold to InFocus Corporation of Wilsonville, Oregon who continued to operate under the Genigraphics brand name.

At the time, Genigraphics was the exclusive 35mm slide vendor for all Kinko's stores in the United States and poster printing was added to the arrangement.

In 2003, Genigraphics closed their 35mm slide E6 photo lab – one of the last high-volume commercial E6 labs in the US – and expanded their large format printing capabilities.

Since 2003, Genigraphics has become a major player in the poster session market, providing printing and on-site services to medical and scientific conferences throughout the US and Canada.

In 1987, Michael Beetner, Director of Marketing Planning for Genigraphics, met with Robert Gaskins, head of Microsoft's Graphics Business Unit, who was leading the development of the newly released PowerPoint software.

Microsoft paid Genigraphics to produce more than 500 clip art drawings and symbols used in Microsoft programs.