The Haloid company (founded 1906) acquired Chester Carlson’s patents for a xerographic process in 1947, introducing its first copier two years later. Plain-paper copying followed in 1959. The Xerox corporation (renamed 1961) not only dominated copy machines, but entered American speech as a synonym for copying (despite warnings about trademark use). By the 1980s, copiers became staples in workplaces, educational facilities, churches and even homes. As copiers have been integrated into computer technology often combined with fax machines, scanners and printers, and companies like Sharp compete for the market, Xerox has recast itself as “the document company”