Need the name of those copies that had purple ink?

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What is the name of the copies that were made using purple ink? These copies were commonly used in schools before the advent of copying machines. The ink had a distinctive odor that many of us found oddly appealing for some reason.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

mimeographhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeographdoes this make me old because I remember this? :O)

Anonymous · Answer

No, NOT Mimeo which used a cut stencil over an inked cloth on a barrel.  Mimeo’s could be cranked out in large quantities and the stencil could be saved and reused.
Ditto machines made the purple copies that faded over time, faster with exposure to light.  The master for the Ditto was only good for a limited number of copies as the solvent (Spirit) dissolved the surface of the ink on the master allowing it to be transferred to the special paper.
Both, as I recall, were hand cranked, but some Mimeo michines probably could have been motorixzed

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Need the name of those copies that had purple ink?
They were used in school before copying machines.  The ink had a destinctive odor that we all loved for some unknown reason.

Anonymous · Answer

Old Copy Machines

Anonymous · Answer

It is a mimeograph or a ditto machine.Last time I used one was when I was in college about 20 years ago to make copies flyers for our dorm because we didn&rsquo;t have a Xerox machine.

Anonymous · Answer

I believe that it was the mimeograph.
Edit:  A quick qualifier–there’s a related technology called the ditto machine (which I’ve also heard of) that also produced purple impressions.

Anonymous · Answer

They were called mimeos – short for mimeograph. That yummy smell is from the alcohol. As a teacher, I used to love to run off copies – and it was good arm exercise!

Anonymous · Answer

Oh the SMELL<  How I remember the Smell of a freshly  run DITTO.  Also know as a Mimeograph.  Teachers would hand them out when they were still warm and sometimes damp!!  loved that smell

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Sanware-Bandit Queen

Anonymous · Answer

gestetner, named after the manufacturer of the copier machine

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Need the name of those copies that had purple ink?

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