| 释义 |
reprography|rɪˈprɒgrəfɪ|
[ad. G. reprographie, f. repro-duktion reproduction + photo-graphie photography.]
The branch of technology concerned with the copying and reproduction of documentary and graphic material.
1961Bibliogr., Documentation, Terminol. I. 105 The term ‘reprography’ is today used to cover all processes for the photographic reproduction and multicopying of documents. 1962Archives V. 235 Reprography. This new and convenient, though not very likeable, word is a collective term for the processes of facsimile reproduction of documents, whether by means of photographic, electronic or other methods. 1963Special Libraries Dec. 646/1 The term ‘reprography’, coined about ten years ago, is intended to describe all methods of facsimile reproduction of documentary materials with the exception of conventional printing. Although little used in the United States, the term is achieving considerable popularity in Europe. 1967Financial Times 15 Mar. 21/1 The almost unpronounceable word ‘reprography’ is in. It covers a field with ill-defined boundaries, edging at its simplest into pencil-making and at its most sophisticated into desk-top photosetting. 1977Author Summer 67 Cassettes and other forms of electronic storage are examples of what is becoming known as reprography. |