5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Photocopiers

Facts about Photocopier Machines

1. Money Can’t be Copied on a Modern Photocopier

2. Your Copier is Not a Chain

3. Arthritis Spurred the Photocopier Innovation

4. IN 1959, Photocopiers Were Known to Cause Fires

5. Security of Photocopiers is a Real Concern

The Facts:

• Modern Photocopiers have a built in feature that can recognize the embedded pattern in currency & will automatically mark all the copies, making them unusable.
• 20% of copier repair request are a result of people sitting on them which puts too much pressure on the glass.
• Patent Attorney and Law Student, Chester Carlson frequently rewrote legal documents by hand, inflaming his arthritis and pushing him to invent the photocopier.
• The Xerox 914 was known to catch fire due to overheating.  Because of this problem, Haloid Xerox provided a “scorch eliminator”, which was actually a small fire extinguisher, along with the copier.
• It’s important to remember to erase all the image sand files from your system before you get rid of your device.  60% of all disposed hard drives still contain company data.