Quality Micro Systems
Site of former headquarters of Quality Micro Systems in Mobile, Alabama, now occupied by the Mobile County Public School System | |
| Formerly | Quality Micro Systems, Inc. (1977–1984) |
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| Industry | Computer |
| Founded | August 12, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama, United States |
| Founder | James Busby |
| Defunct | April 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by Minolta; consolidated into Konica Minolta in 2003 |
| Successor | Minolta-QMS |
| Products | Printers |
Number of employees | 1,500 (1987, peak) |
| Website | qms.com (archived) |
Quality Micro Systems, Inc. (QMS), later QMS, Inc., was an American computer hardware company independently active from 1977 to 2000 and based in Mobile, Alabama. Founded to produce industrial label printers, the company eventually became a leading manufacturer of consumer and professional laser printers for personal computers and graphical workstations. In 2000, the company was acquired by the Japanese electronics conglomerate Minolta and made a subsidiary.