 When Boni retired in 1974 his only son, William, took over as president of Readex.Boni died in Florida in 1981 and was survived by his wife, his son, and his son's three daughters.While microphotography precedes microprint, microprint was conceived by Boni in 1934 when he was inspired by his friend, writer and editor Manuel Komroff who was showing his experimentation's related to the enlarging of photographs.