Between 1939 and 1944, Carlson was turned down by over 20 companies, including IBM and General Electric—neither of which believed there was a significant market for copiers.
在1939年到1944年間，卡爾遜被包括IBM和通用電氣在内的20多個公司拒绝，没有一家認為複印機會有大量的市場需求。