Xerography
photocopying technique
The term xerography has been obtained by combining the Greek term xeròs (dry) with the French term graphie (writing).
The xerographic technique, also called electro photography, is a system for copying invented by the American scientist Chester Carlson in 1938 which was patented in 1942 (with the number 2297691).
Chester Carlson, took eight years trying to find a manufacturing company that would appreciate the validity
his invention and would therefore accept to invest on his project. Among the rejecters of his proposal of
industrial realisation of a photocopying machine were the famous informatics company IBM, and the US military bodies (US Army Signal Corps).
The serial realisation of the photocopying machine was then undertaken by the company Haloid, and the technique officially took the name of xerography. The first photocopiers were therefore brought in to the international market, and were fully appreciated by a large variety of professionals including artists and designers.
The word Xerox was trade marketed, and the company Haloid changed its name to Haloid Xerox. It then became Xerox Corporation.
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