The Xerox Alto was made by Xerox Corporation at its Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, California.
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.
Xerox Corporation has its corporate headquarters in the US; in Connecticut. Some machines sold or rented by Xerox in the US are made in the US and others are made in other countries.
The term "Xerox copy" is often incorrectly used to mean the same thing as "photocopy." But "Xerox" is a proper noun and a trademark for the Xerox Corporation so "Xerox copy" actually means a copy made on a copier that carries the Xerox brand. The word "photocopy" means any copy that has been made using a photographic process and includes copies made on Xerox machines, and other copiers.
Yes, "Xerox" is a proper noun. It is the short form of the company name, Xerox Corporation, and is part of the company's trade mark.
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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 Sharpe AR 5516 is NOT a Xerox machine because it is not made or sold by the Xerox Corporation.
Xerox which at the time was called Haloid Xerox (note: name didn't change to Xerox until 1961)
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.
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