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  1. Mimeograph - Wikipedia

    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 …

  2. The Fascinating History of the Mimeograph Machine - HowStuffWorks

    Aug 18, 2023 · The mimeograph machine, also known as the stencil duplicator or mimeo, has a rich and fascinating history that dates back to the late 19th century. This low-budget duplicating machine …

  3. THE HISTORY OF THE MIMEOGRAPH - International Printing Museum

    Jul 21, 2021 · Nowadays, the mimeograph is best known as a low budget duplicator that was popular in schools before xerox machines and digital technology became widespread. It was an affordable …

  4. Mimeograph | Copying, Duplication, Reproduction - Britannica

    Mimeograph, duplicating machine that uses a stencil consisting of a coated fibre sheet through which ink is pressed. Employing a typewriter with the ribbon shifted out of the way so that the keys do not …

  5. Mimeograph Machines - Museum of Printing

    In the days before inkjet printers and Xerox machines, multiple copies were made on mimeograph machines. In 1876, Thomas Edison filed the first US patent for autographic printing by means of a …

  6. How an Obsolete Copy Machine Started a Revolution

    That’s where the mimeograph came in. The low-cost precursor to the modern Xerox sparked an explosion of underground, do-it-yourself magazines and poetry books.

  7. MIMEOGRAPH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of MIMEOGRAPH is a duplicator for making many copies that utilizes a stencil through which ink is pressed.

  8. Mimeograph Explained

    What is a Mimeograph? A mimeograph was a low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.

  9. How Mimeographs Transformed Information Sharing in Schools

    But before all that, there was a device that came to define printed documents in classrooms for a generation, one hand-crank at a time: the mimeograph machine. Let’s talk about why this device, …

  10. The Mimeograph Machine: A Window into Early Printing Technology

    Dec 3, 2024 · The mimeograph, invented by Thomas Edison in the 1870s, operated on a straightforward principle. It used a stencil made of wax-coated paper, where text or images were created either by …