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I 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 chemic
by Epa095 4y ago
I 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.