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Low-end copiers also use digital technology, but tend to consist of a standard PC scanner coupled to an inkjet or low-end laser printer, which are far slower than their counterparts in high-end copiers. However, low-end scanner-inkjets can provide color copying at a lower upfront purchase-price but a much higher cost per copy.
Duplicating machines were the predecessors of modern document-reproduction technology. They have now been replaced by digital duplicators, scanners, laser printers, and photocopiers, but for many years they were the primary means of reproducing documents for limited-run distribution.
A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator or stencil machine) was a low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. [1]
David Gestetner was born in Hungary in 1854, and after working in Vienna and New York, he moved to London, England, filing his first copying patent there in 1879. [2] A later patent in 1881 was for the Cyclostyle, a stylus that was part of the Cyclograph copying device. [2]
Print, scan and copy in color for about the price of a couple pizzas. (Photo: Canon)
IBM Copier I. On April 21, 1970, IBM announced their first copier simply called the IBM Copier. Its IBM Machine type/Model is 6800–001. When the IBM Copier II was released, IBM renamed the IBM Copier to the IBM Copier I. [21] In terms of competition, while the Copier I was faster than the Xerox 914 (which ran at 7 copies per minute) [22] it was reported as competing with the desktop Xerox ...