| Office machines are basically the core of what makes | | | | Computer systems, another common office machine, |
| office environments tick. Some of these machines | | | | are a complex network of computers that are linked |
| include copiers, fax machines, telephone systems, | | | | together for inter and inner departmental use. Normally, |
| computer systems, and intercoms among other things. | | | | the computers are all formatted and structured about |
| All of these machines have their own function and | | | | the same and are then all networked together, so that |
| contribution to what they bring to the office. | | | | every employee has the same computer and may |
| Copiers are machines that make identical paper copies | | | | communicate with all the computers in the system. |
| of any document fed into its system. This includes | | | | Though, in larger companies, the quality of the |
| pictures and text articles alike. Most copiers today use | | | | computer an employee uses as well as the computer |
| a special type of technology known as xerography | | | | system level of advancement is determined by his or |
| which is a dry process that uses heat to make the | | | | her rank in the company. |
| copies, though some copiers use ink jet printers, but | | | | Several other miscellaneous things included in the field |
| the standard industrial office-used copier uses this heat | | | | of office machines are phone systems, which link all |
| process. | | | | the phones in a company or office together for easy |
| Fax machines are a sort of telecommunication that | | | | access to another employee by an "extension" or an |
| uses technology to transfer copies of specific | | | | intercom, which is a two way radio implemented on |
| documents using a telephone network. The fax | | | | two phones for frequent communication with another |
| system basically breaks the document fed into the | | | | employee. |
| machine into a series of short code and sends it over | | | | All of these machines fall under the umbrella of office |
| the phone line to another fax machine which duplicates | | | | machines, and they all contribute in one way or |
| this code onto a document. | | | | another to the workings of an office. |
