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A machine that duplicates paperwork and your fingerprints when nobody's watching late Friday.
means An office device that uses light, static electricity, and toner to make instant paper copies of documents.
from From Greek photo (light) plus copy; the process, xerography, comes from Greek xeros (dry) and graphein (to write), since it skips wet ink.
Carlson's inventionChester Carlson patented xerography in 1942, working alone.
Rejection streakOver twenty companies, including IBM, declined the idea.
Static heartToner sticks to paper via electrical charge, not ink.