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The Facsimile, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Photocopying - The Zerography Process

The photo copyrose during the second half of the twentieth century. It operates on this principle called zerography, which translates essentially to dry writing. The main principle that enables the copying of imagery or documents through the photo copier is static electricity. But it's interesting, right, because within this machine we have yet we have mechanical technology. We have a chemical approach to duplication as well as a physical.

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