MacPublisher was the first Desktop Publishing program for the Apple Macintosh, introduced in 1984, the same year that Apple introduced the Macintosh. DTP competitors Ready, Set, Go! and Aldus PageMaker were introduced in 1985 when Apple delivered the 512K Macintosh. MacPublisher was developed by Bob Doyle and distributed by Boston Software Publishers. The Desktop Publishing industry exploded in the year 1985 with the introduction of the Apple LaserWriter printer in January and in July the 512K "Fat Mac" and Aldus Corporation's PageMaker, which rapidly became the DTP industry standard software.