Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were common technologies for printing small quantities of a document, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. For even smaller quantities, up to about five, a typist would use carbon paper.
Comparatively,
we’re so spoiled!
They called them spirit duplicators because they used alcohol :o
The ink was purple and smelled weird. You could always tell when the teacher had run off the copies (we sometimes called them dittos) right before class.
This comment sent me to wikipedia. Very interesting!
And no link for the rest of us smh my head
Edit: Mimeographed
Comparatively,
we’re so spoiled!
They called them spirit duplicators because they used alcohol :o
The ink was purple and smelled weird. You could always tell when the teacher had run off the copies (we sometimes called them dittos) right before class.
Meet the HEART of Mimeograph!