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Thermo-Fax|ˈθɜːməʊfæks|
Also Thermofax.
[f. thermo- + facsimile n.]
The proprietary name of a process for copying documents by means of infra-red radiation, and of a type of overhead projector employing copies made by this process.
1953Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Mar. 574/1 Thermo-Fax. For electrically operated machine employing infrared light source for producing copies of printed or pictorial matter by means of heat-sensitive paper. Claims use since November 1949. 1956Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Apr. 236/2 Thermo-fax... Reproducing (copying) apparatus for office use. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.., manufacturers. 1962A. Günther Microphotogr. in Library (Unesco) 16 Some microfilm readers have special accessories for the occasional production of enlarged prints. Either a dry process such as ‘Thermofax’ is used or a semi-dry process such as diffusion printing (e.g. ‘Copy-rapid’) or stabilization techniques. 1964Times 7 Feb. (Advt. Suppl.) p. ii/5 This is the situation the Thermo-Fax overhead projector is designed to overcome... It uses large transparencies which are inexpensive and simple to make—a Thermo-Fax infra-red copying machine takes just 4 seconds to produce one. |