Photocopiers

Geek Out

Golden Photocopier Won’t Turn Looseleaf Into Gold Leaf

1:00AM July 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

You know you have way too much money when you start thinking about gold-plating your office equipment. But actually doing it? These are your salad days slowly being eaten away, Mr Yogi Proctor. More »


News

Ohio Supreme Court’s Insane Attempt To Define ‘Photocopier’

3:00AM March 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Whether you call it a photocopier or a generic Xerox, we all know exactly what we’re talking about. Unless you’re Ohio state employee Lawrence Patterson, who, in one of the most bizarre legal arguments ever, claimed to have no idea. More »


Entertainment

A Love Story Told At 325 Photocopies Per Minute

5:00AM November 12, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Boy meets girl. Girl runs away. Boy pursues. Girl falls head over heels – literally. It all sounds so familiar, but when it’s been shot entirely on a photocopier, it feels as sublime as the very first time. More »


Gadgets

Canon Printers, Scanners Will Block Jobs With Flagged Keywords

4:40AM October 14, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Canon’s showing off Uniflow 5, the latest version of their enterprise document management system, and it includes one eyebrow-raising feature: a keyword-based security system that blocks jobs if sensitive subjects like client names or project codenames or [REDACTED]are included. More »


Entertainment

The Most Fun Photocopier Teardown You’ll Ever See

12:40AM July 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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Like the Science Guy before him, Bill Hammack the Engineer Guy takes stuff you ordinarily might not be interested in – like how exactly a photocopier works – and makes it fun and digestible. Now where’s the Taxes Guy. More »


Gadgets

Canon’s Cracking Down On Photocopier Abusers, By Adding Fingerprint Scanners

5:00AM July 6, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Don’t get me wrong, I love working from home for Gizmodo – working from bed, in the garden, in my underwear…it’s a never-ending buffet of luxury. But I do miss abusing an office photocopier/printer/fax-machine. As well as the interns. More »


Cameras

Make Your Own Ebooks With This $US20 Rig

9:00AM April 9, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

OK, sure, that Winnie the Pooh iBook looks pretty slick. But what about all of those real books that are gathering dust on your real bookshelf? Well, with this Instructable, those can become (slightly less slick) ebooks, too. More »


Gadgets

The Copy Machine Is 50 Years Old Today

2:20PM March 31, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Dearest copier, thank you for making office tasks simpler, tolerating our very NSFW pranks, and frustrating us with error messages for over 50 years. More »


Gadgets

Voice Command Copier Prank, Just In Time For April Fool’s

1:20PM March 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Ruthless in its simplicity. Diabolical in its detail. And so, so much fun watching coworkers yell “COLLATE” for hours on end. More »


Gadgets

World’s First 3D Photocopier Goes On Sale For $US17,000

8:57PM January 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Ortery’s Photosimile 5000 3D photocopier has taken two years to go on sale since it first surfaced in 2008, providing digital 3D replicas of whatever object you place inside it. Think of the possibilities! More »