photostat

noun

Meaning

A photocopy, especially one made by a Photostat machine.
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.
To make such a photocopy of.

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photostat machine(English)microfilm(English)microform(English)photocopy(English)photo machine(English)photocopier(English)stat(English)mimeograph(English)machines(English)copy(English)camera(English)documents(English)

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