What is Reprographics? Importance and Advantages of Reprographic

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REPROGRAPHICS AND ITS IMPORTANCE

The term reprography was coined and introduced as “office printing” at the First International Congress on Reprography (1963) in Cologne, Germany.

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REPROGRAPHICS AND ITS IMPORTANCE

As of today, it broadly includes multiple content reproduction methods, such as scanning, photography, xerography and digital printing of documents and images in both physical (hard copy) and digital (soft copy) formats.

On one hand, photocopying has helped many libraries provide users better access to literary materials, allowing students to reproduce required material from books and newspapers.

On the other hand, photocopying (or any other type of machine reproduction) is subject to copyright provisions.

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REPROGRAPHICS AND ITS IMPORTANCE

While a healthy publishing market, one that encourages both creation and dissemination, is imperative to the ecosystem, piracy must be countered with vigorous and efficient enforcement mechanisms.

Within educational institutions and businesses, for instance, it is possible to license photocopying material for internal purposes.

To facilitate the same, authors, publishers and associations representing such firms have set up RROs like Indian Reprographics Rights Organisation to grant licenses on their behalf.

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REPROGRAPHICS AND ITS IMPORTANCE