Xerography is the name of the process that was invented in 1938 by Chester Carlson and developed by the Haloid Company into the first fully automatic plain paper copier, the Xerox 914, in 1959. Xerography is a modern word developed from two Greek roots meaning "dry writing."
Shortly after releasing the Xerox 914, The Haloid Company began a transition to a new name, Xerox Corporation. The name Xerox was taken from the term Xerography, and shortened using the model of the name of Kodak, the other large technology company in Rochester, NY, at the time
Joseph C. Wilson was the CEO of the company when Xerox Corporation took that name in 1961. However, the company had been in business as the Haloid Photopgraphic Corporation since 1906.
The process called xerography was invented in New York City and was brought to market as the Xerox Copier by the Xerox Corporation, a US corporation based initially in Rochester, NY, and later in Connecticut.
When Xerox originated depends on what you mean by "Xerox." The company that is now called Xerox Corporation was formed as the Haloid Company in 1906. It changed its name to Xerox Corporation around 1958. The process of xerography, the making of a photocopy with dry ink, was first demonstrated in 1938. The first machine using xerography was marketed about 1954 and the first fully automated xerographic copy machine was released in 1959. Any one of these dates could be "when Xerox originated" to some people.
Neither the word "Xerox" nor the Xerox Corporation existed in medieval times. Xerox is a trademark and an invented word - invented around 1958. Xerxes, however, was an ancient Persian emperor, long before medieval times, but his name was known in medieval Europe.
The name of the Xerox Corporation came from the name of the process the company commercially introduced in the late 1950s. That was called "xerography" and is derived from two Greek roots - "xeros" for dry and "graphos" for writing. So xerography means "dry writing." Since all methods of making photocopies prior to that time required the use of "wet" chemicals, this was a highly descriptive name.
The Xerox Corporation has not collapsed.
The Xerox Corporation is an independent corporation, not a subsidiary of any other corporation.
Xerox is short for the legal name of the company, Xerox Corporation. Xerox is also a registered trademark owned by the Xerox Corporation and use to refer to the products of that company. Xerox is also an adjective used to describe a product of the Xerox Corporation. The word is sometimes incorrectly used as a verb or common noun in place of the correct generic terms "copy" or "photocopy."
The word "xerox" is a proper noun and a trademark. Xerox is short for the company name, Xerox Corporation, and can also used to refer to a machine made by Xerox Corporation or the product of such a machine. It is incorrect to use Xerox as a verb or as a generic term. The proper generic terms are "copy" and "photocopy."
The correct way to use Xerox in a sentence is to use it to refer to a machine made by the Xerox corporation, or to the Corporation itself, for example:They rented a new Xerox machine from Xerox Corporation.
The headquarters of Xerox Corporation are located in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as "The Haloid Photographic Company", which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company subsequently changed its name to "Haloid Xerox" in 1958 and then to "Xerox Corporation" in 1961.
Before the mid-1950s, the company now known as the Xerox Corporation was called the Haloid Company.
Joseph C. Wilson was the CEO of the company when Xerox Corporation took that name in 1961. However, the company had been in business as the Haloid Photopgraphic Corporation since 1906.
The stockholders own Xerox Corporation.
There has never been anyone whose last name was "Xerox." Xerox is a made up word and was invented about 1958 for use as a trademark of what is now the Xerox Corporation.
They rented a new Xerox machine from Xerox Corporation.