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reprographic, a. and n.|riːprəˈgræfɪk|
[f. as next + -ic: see -graphic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to reprography.
1961Engineering 17 Nov. 633 Development to improve the efficiency of reprographic services. 1963Ibid. 3 May 606 ‘Reprographic’ has become recognized as the omnibus adjective for the many processes and methods now used to produce copies of documents of all kinds. 1966Times 11 May 17/3 Admel International, of Weybridge, Surrey, a leading maker of what is called reprographic equipment,..is to be sold to an American group. 1973Nature 31 Aug. 535/3 As reprographic technology progresses, interlibrary affiliates grow, and..publishers are likely to find the economic realities of their business approaching prohibitiveness. 1977Times 24 Oct. 3/3 Its [sc. HMSO's] empire includes printing presses, binderies, warehouses, bookshops, reprographic units and laboratories.
B. n. pl. (const. as sing.) = next.
1967Financial Times 15 Mar. 21/2 The expansion in reprographics has had to call on many branches of technology to cope with the demand for better machines. 1969Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 31 Jan. 13/1 (Advt.), Reprographics: a word coined little over five years ago to describe the means used to reproduce the enormous volumes of drawn, typed and written material which has to be circulated in industry, commerce and government today. 1975B. J. Perry in Barr & Line Ess. Information & Libraries 119 Information science research is a complex area that requires the application of skills from many different disciplines, including..reprographics. 1980Financial Rev. 5 Mar. 21/4 A 30 per cent drop in world demand for reprographics products. |