xeroprinting

noun

xe·​ro·​printing

ˈzirō,

ˈzērō+ˌ-

: an application of xerography to the mass production of graphic images in which the image plate is fixed to a cylinder and automatically charged and powdered for repeated electrostatic transfer of an image to machine-fed paper

Word History

Etymology

xer- + printing

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