Reprography

Reprography (n. noun) is a process that allows the reproduction of printed documents using techniques such as photocopying (or xeroscopy), facsimile or photography. The term is made up of two words: reproduction and graphy. It consists of the transfer of ink to a support, and its final objective is to graphically reproduce the quantity "n" of copies that are the same (massive reproduction of pieces).

Introduction

Managing reprography machines and equipment (document reproducing machines, multi-copy machines, photocopiers...) is one of the basic tasks to be performed by assistants

Origin of reprography

The first precedent of reprography systems in the modern era is the printing press, attributed to Gutenberg, around the year 1450, and characterized for being an industrial method of reproducing texts and images on paper or similar materials, by means of application of oily ink on metallic pieces that transfer it to the paper by pressure.

• 1808 - Coal paper invention
• 1843 - The typewriter is patented
• 1873 - Facsimil is invented
• 1937 - The electric typewriter
• 1959 - marketing of the first photocopier Xerox 914