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ELECTROSTATIC COPYING [1 record]

Record 1 2004-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrostatics
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Photoengraving
DEF

Reproduction process involving the application of a positive electrostatic charge into the image of a document and subsequent treatment with negatively charged powder which adheres to the positive image area.

OBS

[This] process utilizes the fact that in certain substances an electrostatic charge will be dissipated by light where it strikes, but will remain in unlit areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrostatique
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Photogravure
DEF

[...] un procédé de REPROGRAPHIE qui utilise les propriétés photoconductrices de certaines substances, c'est-à-dire la propriété qu'ont certaines substances d'être plus ou moins conductrices de l'électricité en fonction de l'éclairement auquel elles sont soumises.

OBS

reprographie : ensemble des techniques qui permettent d'assurer la reproduction de documents [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrostática
  • Artes gráficas e imprenta
  • Fotograbado
DEF

En una máquina copiadora de documentos es un proceso en el que la copia resulta, directa o indirectamente, del efecto de la luz sobre un material eléctricamente cargado.

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