Definition of xerography in English:
xerography
noun zɛˈrɒɡrəfizɪəˈrɒɡrəfizɪˈrɑɡrəfi
mass nounA dry copying process in which black or coloured powder adheres to parts of a surface remaining electrically charged after being exposed to light from an image of the document to be copied.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The more you understand about xerography,’ pioneering Xerox engineer Bob Gundlach tells Owen, ‘the more you are amazed that it works.’
- The process, later renamed xerography (dry writing), used electrostatic energy to transfer dry ink to a page.
- Had he not conceived of xerography, the plain paper copier might have remained un-invented for decades.
- In 1937, the process called Xerography was invented by American law student Chester Carlson.
- Most current photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process using heat.
Derivatives
noun
Ten original xerographs by Edward Meneeley; Folio designed by Wayne Adams.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some pictures though original were indistinct, and their xerographs could not be adapted for identification.
- Whether drawings, xerographs or paintings, Viktor A. Pavlov's works are all distinguished by fine artistry.
- One unique technique in his xerographs involves feeding a single paper through a copy machine multiple times, adding images to the layers with each feed.
- After making a one-of-a-kind artist's book, Cummins made an edition of 50 color xerographs.
adjectivezɪərəˈɡrafɪkzɛrəˈɡrafɪkˌzɪrəˈɡræfɪk
What did they do in offices before the xerographic copier?
Example sentencesExamples
- The second strategy deals with larger scale faults and capability degradation in the xerographic process.
- Most copiers and laser printers rely on the xerographic process of forming a latent charged image on a photoreceptor using visible or infrared light (via a laser diode).
- The same basic printing process is used in both xerographic copiers and laser or LED printers.
- By far the major pigment component used in xerographic toner production is carbon black.
adverbzɪərəˈɡrafɪk(ə)lizɛrəˈɡrafɪk(ə)li
These books are typeset in TeX. reproduced xerographically, and bound in a high-quality paper cover.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ‘listing card’ was xerographically copied onto the back of the punch card.
- Page 23 features a border of xerographically magnified neo-crosshatchings that suggest hills, paths and tree cover.
- Copying and distributing the material in any form (photographically, xerographically, or electronically) as resource or reference material for fee-paying students needs permission of the author, who may request a fee.
- There is a nice painting of a Roman court on the front… The book was printed ‘xerographically.’
- Our Quick Copy department stands at the ready to xerographically reproduce your copy job in black and white or color.