Photostat vs. Photocopier — What's the Difference?

A photographic device for making positive or negative copies of graphic matter.

A photocopier (also known as a copier or copy machine, and formerly a Xerox Machine) is a machine that makes copies of documents and other visual images onto paper or plastic film quickly and cheaply. Most modern photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process that uses electrostatic charges on a light-sensitive photoreceptor to first attract and then transfer toner particles (a powder) onto paper in the form of an image.

A copy made with such a device.

A machine for photographically reproducing written, printed, or graphic material, especially by xerography.

(dated) A photocopy, especially one made by a Photostat machine.

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

A photocopy made using a photocopier.

A copier that uses photographic methods of making copies

Positive (black on white) or negative (white on black) reproduction of printed matter or artwork made on a photostat machine, which uses photographic paper instead of a transparent negative, and uses a prism to render the paper negative readable instead of reversed.

(transitive) To make such a photocopy of.

A photocopy made on a Photostat machine

A duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper

Make a copy by means of a Photostat device