This is one of the many stories that I've heard. I worked for Xerox for 40 years
in NY.
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From: Jeff Heiss <
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To:
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.comSent: Mon, May 16, 2011 11:42:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Using Xerographic machine for imaging
Haha wow! This really happened?! And more than one lady was doing it?
On 5/16/2011 11:26 AM, Leon Heller wrote:
>
> On 16/05/2011 15:46, Jim Tonne wrote:
> >
> > Gents:
> >
> > Years ago I was writing up an engineering change order
> > for a PC board for which I was the project engineer. It
> > involved illustrating how to add a jumper, remove a part,
> > cut a trace, that kind of thing.
> >
> > Instead of trying to make the illustration using a camera
> > I just placed the PC board on the company copying
> > machine and made an image. Worked out quite well
> > for the foil side of the board and almost as well for the
> > component side.
>
> I worked for Rank-Xerox in the 60s and 70s.
>
> A large bread company used a similar technique for quality control -
> they photocopied slices of bread so that they could measure the size of
> the holes.
>
> One of our customers noticed some strange copies left on a machine. It
> transpired that the cleaning ladies were removing their underwear,
> sitting on the platen, and photocopying their nether regions.
>
> Leon
> --
> Leon Heller
> G1HSM
>
>
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