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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
copier
noun
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▪ A colour photocopier was installed, in addition to the two black and white copiers.
▪ A fax and photo copier complete the electronic work station.
▪ Articles can be copies on the Library copier.
▪ Carbon paper executives probably jumped off buildings when they learned about Xerox copiers.
▪ Flatbed scanners look and work something like office copiers.
▪ Then still other bands copy the copiers.
▪ You are not yet the proud owner of the copier you have come for.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Copier

Copier \Cop"i*er\, n. [From. Copy.]

  1. One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

  2. An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.

  3. a machine that makes copies of documents, especially by xerography; a photocopier; as, to run twenty copies off on the copier.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
copier

1590s, agent noun from copy (v.).

Wiktionary
copier

n. 1 A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. 2 A person who copies documents. 3 (context computing English) A program or process that copies.

WordNet
copier

n. apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material [syn: duplicator]

Wikipedia
Copier (disambiguation)

A copier or photocopier is a machine for producing paper duplicates of documents and images.

Copier may also refer to:

  • Mettin Copier, a footballer currently playing for Dayton Dutch Lions
  • Game backup device
  • Slide copier, a device for duplicating photographic slides

Usage examples of "copier".

With a dominant share of the booming office copier market, Xerox was growing fast and was very profitable.

Xerox would transcend its current business of being the leading office copier company to become the leading office equipment supplier of information-intensive products.

Xerox had little apparent difficulty dealing with even high degrees of technical uncertainty when, for example, the fruits of its projects could be directly applied to its copier and printer markets.

It pioneered the use of semi-conductor-based laser diodes in its high-end copier and printer businesses as well.

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.

Xerox copier, the Model 914, provides a great illustration of the value of a business model and how hard it can be for successful companies to identify a good one.

Both copier technologies required special paper and supplies, creating an aftermarket revenue stream for vendors.

If a copier was slow in generating copies, that was money pluckedout of our pocket.

Xerox organized its value chain to deliver completely configured copier systems, sold through its own direct sales organization, and comprehensive maintenance services, provided by its own technicians.

These groups did not need such high volumes of copying, were much more sensitive to the price of the copier, and were willing to compromise on the quality of the image to save money.

They accomplished this by making the most frequently failing parts of the copier into a replaceable cartridge.

Doing so allowed the companies to reapply the earlier razor-and-razor-blade model, because the copier machines could be priced at a more modest gross margin, while the replacement cartridges could be priced with very high gross margins.

As the rapid rate of growth of copier revenues began to slow at the end of the 1960s, McColough knew that Xerox would need to expand its business into new areas to maintain its historic rate of growth.

PARC technologies never escaped the confines of its copier businessmodel and associated business logic.

Model 914 copier later impeded its response to Japanese copier manufacturers.