photocopier
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photocopiers
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Origin of photocopier
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“I see my work evolve more in evolutions, rather than in revolutions,” Tillmans said, gesturing to a conceptual wall-sized image created with a photocopier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
But he does press the precious volume flat on a photocopier, and at one point even stashes it behind a minifridge.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
The blue light of the photocopier flashes on their faces.
From Salon ● May 12, 2022
The wells are placed into a PCR machine, resembling a midsize office photocopier.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
For three years, I’d given myself to it with zeal, taking responsibility for the largest and the smallest of operational tasks, right down to restocking paper in the photocopier.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Its photocopiers didn’t need awkward stencils to serve as the master copy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Last week, Xerox said it would lay off 15 percent of its 23,000-member global staff in the first quarter of 2024, an effort to further shift its focus to services and away from photocopiers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Brian McBride, one of eight children, started his business life selling photocopiers for Xerox in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2022
Familiar hyena-like laughter reaches us from the bank of printers and photocopiers along the half wall separating the checkout area and the book stacks.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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