xerographyn.
/zɪəˈrɒɡrəfi/, /zəˈrɒɡrəfi/, /zɛˈrɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌzɪrˈɑɡrəfi/ A dry copying process in which an electrically charged surface retains both the charge and a pigmented powder on areas not illuminated by light from bright parts of the document, so that a permanent copy may be immediately obtained by placing paper on the surface and applying heat to fuse the powder to it; photocopying.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using
photostatting1929
electrophotography1944
xerography1948
xerocopying1964
photocopying1968
xeroxing1973
1948 N.Y. Times 23 Oct. 17/8 A revolutionary process of inkless printing..was announced yesterday... Invented by Chester F. Carlson, a New York lawyer, and known as ‘Xerography’, this basic addition to the graphic arts reproduces pictures and text at a speed of 1,200 a minute.
1957 Technology July 164/2 A new copying process, Xerography, attracted constant attention.
1962 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 20 (advt.) Xerography is capturing a growing share of a market in office copying.
1967 M. McLuhan & Q. Fiore Medium is Massage 123 Xerography..heralds the times of instant publishing.
1970 A. Toffler Future Shock xii. 248 Advances in offset printing and xerography have radically lowered the costs of short-run publishing.
1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Nov. 17/4 Asked whether xerography might become the next big movement in art, Bidner insisted on caution.
Derivatives
xeroˈgraphic adj.
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society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > photocopying
xerographic1948
1948 N.Y. Times 23 Oct. 17/8 Even an unskilled person can make good Xerographic prints easily.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 712/3 The enormous possibilities of applying the xerographic process to microfilms of books.
1976 Nature 22 Jan. 204/2 We sampled the air in an unventilated room..housing a xerographic machine.
1982 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. lxxxii. 49 (advt.) Available in microform and xerographic form.
xeroˈgraphically adv.
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society > communication > representation > [adverb] > copying equipment
xerographically1968
1968 U.S. Patent 3,413,716 1 A xerographically formed pattern of chemical resist is placed on the conductive material.
1979 Lore & Lang. Jan. 14 This recitation has been printed many times and is common in the xerographically transmitted broadsheets.
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