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Forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate
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xerography
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"photographic reduplication without liquid developers," 1948, from Greek xeros "dry" (see xerasia ) + -ography as in photography . Related: Xerographic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"
Wikipedia
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Xerography or electrophotography is a dry photocopying technique. Its fundamental principle was invented by Hungarian physicist Pál Selényi and based on Selényi's publications Chester Carlson applied for and was awarded on October 6, 1942. The technique ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed
Usage examples of xerography.
Xerox needed to make its own toner, its own copier, its own light lens, and its own feeding and sorting subsystems in order to deliver high-volume, high-quality xerography to its customers.
Rand Corporation and colleague of Daniel Ellsberg, can be demonstrated to have been present during the xerography of Top Secret documents on October 4, 1969, at the office of Linda Sinay in Los Angeles.
Advances in offset printing and xerography have radically lowered the costs of short-run publishing, to the point at which high school students can (and do) finance publication of their underground press with pocket money.