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Photocopies are | [[File:Xerox Photocopier from GlenOak High School Library.jpg|alt=Large device located in the middle of a library, used to produce photocopies|thumb|A heavily used, conventional Xerox photocopier found in the library of GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio, USA. Photocopiers are designed exclusively for the purpose of creating photocopies.]] | ||
== Definition == | |||
A photocopy is a piece of paper with a printed image on it, where the image is sourced from an already existing piece of physical media (i.e. a magazine or a poster). By printing an image of an already existent entity onto paper, a photographic form of the entity is created as a paper copy of the original work, hence the term's name. Photocopies typically are produced using dedicated machinery (most commonly in the form of photocopiers) and commonly are produced multiple times per original copy of a given work, often for the purpose of easier distribution of a physical work by transferring the original work's content onto paper for easier storage and handling. | |||
== History of Photocopies == | |||
Photocopies have been around since the 1940s, where photocopiers capable of performing what was referred to as "xerography" style printing began to be produced and allowed for the production of photocopies on large scales for the first time.<ref>Curtis, Makyla. “Certified Copies: 1980s New Zealand Photocopy Journals & the Xerographic Aesthetic.” ''Journal of New Zealand Literature (JNZL)'', no. 34.2, 2016, pp. 81–103. ''JSTOR'', <nowiki>http://www.jstor.org/stable/44066249</nowiki>. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.</ref> | |||
== Impact of Photocopies == | |||
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Definition
A photocopy is a piece of paper with a printed image on it, where the image is sourced from an already existing piece of physical media (i.e. a magazine or a poster). By printing an image of an already existent entity onto paper, a photographic form of the entity is created as a paper copy of the original work, hence the term's name. Photocopies typically are produced using dedicated machinery (most commonly in the form of photocopiers) and commonly are produced multiple times per original copy of a given work, often for the purpose of easier distribution of a physical work by transferring the original work's content onto paper for easier storage and handling.
History of Photocopies
Photocopies have been around since the 1940s, where photocopiers capable of performing what was referred to as "xerography" style printing began to be produced and allowed for the production of photocopies on large scales for the first time.[1]
Impact of Photocopies
- ↑ Curtis, Makyla. “Certified Copies: 1980s New Zealand Photocopy Journals & the Xerographic Aesthetic.” Journal of New Zealand Literature (JNZL), no. 34.2, 2016, pp. 81–103. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44066249. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
