Learn to say popular printer brand names correctly.
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How is Epson (Japanese brand of printers and projectors) correctly pronounced?
Epson is pronounced 'EP-son' — stress on the first syllable, derived from 'son of electronic printer'. In a technical interview: "Epson's printer used a piezoelectric print head instead of the thermal heating method common in rival models."
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How is Lexmark (American brand of printers spun off from IBM) correctly pronounced?
Lexmark is pronounced 'LEKS-mark' — both parts said plainly, coined when the printer division was spun off from IBM in 1991. In a technical interview: "Lexmark's printer driver exposed a duplex-printing option that was disabled by default on the network install."
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How is Xerox (American brand whose name became a generic verb for photocopying) correctly pronounced?
Xerox is pronounced 'ZEER-oks' — stress on the first syllable, from 'xerography', the dry-printing process it commercialized. In a technical interview: "Xerox's printer firmware logged each print job's page count for departmental billing."
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How is Ricoh (Japanese brand of printers and cameras) correctly pronounced?
Ricoh is pronounced 'RIH-koh' — stress on the first syllable, short for 'Riken Kogaku', the company's original name. In a technical interview: "Ricoh's multifunction printer scanned directly to a shared network folder over SMB."
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How is Brother (Japanese brand of printers and sewing machines) correctly pronounced?
Brother is pronounced 'BRUHTH-ur' — the same as the ordinary English word for a male sibling. In a technical interview: "Brother's label printer connected over Wi-Fi so shipping labels could print straight from a browser tab."