Continue to Site

Welcome to EDAboard.com

Welcome to our site! EDAboard.com is an international Electronics Discussion Forum focused on EDA software, circuits, schematics, books, theory, papers, asic, pld, 8051, DSP, Network, RF, Analog Design, PCB, Service Manuals... and a whole lot more! To participate you need to register. Registration is free. Click here to register now.

Where did the Xerox machine name come from?

Status
Not open for further replies.

joe1986

Full Member level 4
Joined
Jan 25, 2008
Messages
204
Helped
24
Reputation
48
Reaction score
11
Trophy points
1,298
Activity points
2,922
as we all know tht xerox machine is used for PHOTOCOPYING the paper................but why is it called as a 'XEROX' machine????
 

XEROX MACHINE

XEROX is the name of the company which invented photocopying machine....
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

Hi Friend,

XEROX machine is named after the company which found it first.

So, donot get confused. XEROX is the name of the company.

Regards,
Avinash.S.
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

XEROX is the company name that first made this machine. But then this is used as the name for all the machines do paper copy.
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

The process that Xerox uses is xerography.
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

can You please tell sumthing more about XEROGRAPHY???
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

xerography
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
n 1937, the process called Xerography was invented by American law student Chester Carlson. Carlson had invented a copying process based on electrostatic energy. Xerography became commercially available in 1950 by the Xerox Corporation. Xerography comes from the Greek for "dry writing".
 

Re: XEROX MACHINE

A photo sensitive drum or other surface is charged with about 14 thousand volts. An image is projected onto the drum surface by means of lenses or a laser. The light causes the charge to dissipate wherever the light falls. Toner with a smaller charge of the same polarity comes into contact with the charged drum. The toner sticks to the drum where the charge has dissipated due to the potential difference between charges. ie the area where the light fell is negative relative to the positive chrge on the toner. The area where no light fell still has a positive charge so toner does not stick. The paper now gets fed between the drum and a negative charge of about 14 thousand volts. The toner is attracted to the opposite charge but gets caught by the paper that is in the way. The toner is now fused into the paper by means of hot / pressure rollers.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Welcome to EDABoard.com

Sponsor

Back
Top