photostat
Old copying method
Photostat is an old-fashioned term for a photocopy, from the trademarked machine that produced them.
The process created direct photographic copies of documents before modern xerography.
As a verb, to photostat is to make such a copy: I'll photostat these records for you.
The word survives mainly in older legal and bureaucratic contexts.
Exact replica of original
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- xeroxDuplicate via machine
copy · carbon · reprint · transcript · mimeograph · ditto · reprography · electrostatic
Machine reproducing documents
- xerographyDry electrostatic copying process
- scannerDevice that reads data
- printerMachine producing paper copies
- processorComponent that executes instructions
developer · drum · toner · exposure · lens · platen · feeder · collator
Preserved account or achievement
- certificateFormal written attestation
- deedWritten property conveyance
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- receiptWritten payment acknowledgment
invoice · letter · memo · legal · official · archive · file · dossier
Of office duties
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- filingStoring documents systematically
- recordsStored data or albums
secretarial · correspondence · bureaucratic · workflow · duplication · distribution · circulation · mailroom
duplicate
Exact replica of original
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- reproductionCopying or procreation
xerox · copy · carbon · reprint · transcript · mimeograph · ditto · reprography · electrostatic · blueprint
copier
Machine reproducing documents
- xerographyDry electrostatic copying process
- scannerDevice that reads data
- printerMachine producing paper copies
processor · developer · drum · toner · exposure · lens · platen · feeder · collator · enlarger
record
Preserved account or achievement
- certificateFormal written attestation
- deedWritten property conveyance
- contractEnforceable written agreement
receipt · invoice · letter · memo · legal · official · archive · file · dossier · affidavit
clerical
Of office duties
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- filingStoring documents systematically
records · secretarial · correspondence · bureaucratic · workflow · duplication · distribution · circulation · mailroom · typing pool
- copiescopy, duplicate, carbon copy, xerox, facsimile
- vintage officetypewriter, adding machine, mimeograph, dictaphone, Rolodex
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- photo copyingduplication, copying, reproduction, xerography, digital copying
- printsprint, fine art prints, art print, woodcut, lithograph
photostatoriginal
First or inventive
source document · master copy · manuscript · autograph · holograph
photostatdigital copy
Electronic reproduction of content
digital scan · PDF · laser print · digital reproduction · xerox