8 Jan
1999
8 Jan
'99
6:48 a.m.
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:
I always heard them called ditto machines. Print in blue ink that wipes off.
Sure but I think the actual latin name for them is mimeograph.
Shure, today they are no longer produced with
typewriters and
Spiritusumdrucker (sorry missing word - a copyingdevice using
special sheets and spirit for duplication), but rather on PCs
or high class DTP stations, but thats just the tool.
Spiritusumdrucker! What a fantastic word! I think that would be a
mimeograph? We had them in grade school. We did NOT have a
photocopier - they were
Me too. I used to have ditto duty making copies for the teacher. I also
used to make up mazes and got to use the machine to make copies for the
classmates.
apparently monstrously expensive to purchase and
maintain at the time.
By the time I got to high school inexpesive photocopiers were readily
available, although we used the ditto machines even then. The
photocopier was fine for short runs or things where copy quality was
important. The ditto machine was faster and much cheaper per copy.
Of course I'm sure the ink on the master and the solvent on the
machine are carcinogens... (just kidding)
By the time I was in high school dittos were a distant memory. To put it
in (classiccmp) perspective, by that time inkjets were still on the
horizon and dot matrix printers were still the shit.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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