A machine that makes copies of documents or images by using light and electrical charges to reproduce them on paper.
A compound word from 'photo-' (light) + 'copier' (something that copies). The technology was invented by Chester Carlson in 1938 and commercialized by Xerox in the 1950s.
Photocopiers revolutionized how we share information—before them, everything had to be typed or handwritten again! Some of the first photocopiers cost as much as a house, but they paid for themselves in weeks.
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