On 7/10/22 13:41, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Jul 10, 2022, at 4:10 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2022, Grant Taylor wrote: >>> I don't know that I've ever heard / seen the name "Rank" prefixing "Xerox" >>> before. >> >> Actually I knew them only as Rank Xerox many years ago, when they were >> commonly known as office suppliers, e.g. photo copiers and printers. > > Is the "Rank" prefix part of the company name in Europe?
For a time, it was even present in Japan. The Rank Organisation. Surely you've seen some old British Pinewood Studios films with J. Arthur Rank's big gong as an intro? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Arthur_Rank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uie4YqrhNHQ (For Gongman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKn8HI9UI1s (BBC n Pinewood Studios) --Chuck
