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Further Info
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Crappy paper will destroy your

copier.
Choose a copier suited for
your needs.
Schedule regular
maintenance.

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If it’s stuck then STOP PRINTING.
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Copiers
hope that your machine
might forget.
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Background
This equipment was officially
invented in 1937 by Chester
Carlson. Chester was a part time
researcher and patent attorney
who grew up in poverty and
dreamed of making inventions
that would change the world.
Carlson was working at a patent
office in New York where he was
required to come up with a large
number of copies of important
papers everyday. His job made
him realize how much time and
money they were wasting on
retyping and proofing
documents everytime new
copies were needed. so he came
up with this invention.
How it is 01. Photocopier
related to When the first
machines were introduced
copy
electrostatic?
to the public, it was a huge
hit. Customers made as
much as 100,000 copies in a
month.
For a photocopier to work, a field Photocopier 02.
of positive charges must be
generated on the surface of By 1966, Americans, were
both the drum and the copy making a total of 14 billion
paper. These tasks are copies a year. In the early
accomplished by the corona
wires. These wires are subjected
70's, Xerox became one of
the fastest growing stocks in
to a high voltage, which they the world.
subsequently transfer to the
drum and paper in the form of
static electricity.
Features of
Photocopiers
Today
Photocopiers have come a long
way since Chester Carlson's
Invention. Today, the copy
1937
machine is considered as one of
the most important equipments
in the workplace.