xerography
/zɪəˈrɒɡrəfi
/ /zɛˈrɒɡrəfi/noun [mass noun]
A 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.The process, later renamed xerography (dry writing), used electrostatic energy to transfer dry ink to a page....
- ‘The more you understand about xerography,’ pioneering Xerox engineer Bob Gundlach tells Owen, ‘the more you are amazed that it works.’
- Had he not conceived of xerography, the plain paper copier might have remained un-invented for decades.
Derivatives
xerograph
- After making a one-of-a-kind artist's book, Cummins made an edition of 50 color xerographs.
- 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.
- Ten original xerographs by Edward Meneeley; Folio designed by Wayne Adams.
xerographic
- 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).
- What did they do in offices before the xerographic copier?
- The second strategy deals with larger scale faults and capability degradation in the xerographic process.
xerographically
- 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.’