xerox copies

Machine-made document duplicates

Xerox copies are photocopies or duplicates made on a copying machine.

The term comes from Xerox, the company that pioneered photocopying technology, though it's now used generically regardless of machine brand: I need to make some xerox copies of this contract.

The phrase is somewhat redundant—xerox alone often means copy—but remains common in casual speech.

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paper · legal size · letter size · print · sheet · facsimile · copy machine · reproductions · enlarging · document imaging · transparencies · reducing · glass · trays · paper jam · documents · office · copy room

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authenticity/originality

xerox copiesoriginals

Authentic first versions

master copies · primary sources · autographs · first editions · manuscripts

production method

xerox copieselectronic documents

Computer-stored written files

negatives · printing plates · engravings · lithographs · carbon copies

Family

copying, copied, photocopy, copier, copies, copyist, photocopying, xerox, photocopied

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Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G