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There's a great true story 'bout plain paper copying. Halide Xerox announced in ads that their new product would be able to copy on just paper (not chemically t
by Nomentatus 4y ago
There's a great true story 'bout plain paper copying. Halide Xerox announced in ads that their new product would be able to copy on just paper (not chemically treated paper.) The US govt flatly disbelieved them and sent them a cease and desist such claims letter. Halide copied that letter onto a torn up lunchbag and sent the govt agency the copy. There was no response, and no further trouble from the agency. A transcendental argument (term from philosophy) in real life.
- Epa095 4y agoI got curious about what you meant with "be able to copy on just paper (not chemically treated paper.) ". It's a bit hard to Google since normal paper is chemically treated:-P
- telotortium 4y agoProbably refers to carbon paper.
- Eleison23 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photocopier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photocopier There was carbon paper, other types of treatment, and non-paper objects such as plates; think about the intersection with photography. The "xero" prefix means "dry" which would win out over "wet" chemical processes.
- Nomentatus 4y agoAside from the mimeograph which was odd compressible paper, the earlier copiers were really crude photographing machines, using paper that was treated with photochemicals. Smelled terrible.
- Eleison23 4y agoThose lunchbags were BPA-free!