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The artwork looks like it was made on stencil duplicator wax sheets (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph ), wh

by ableal 8y ago

The artwork looks like it was made on stencil duplicator wax sheets (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph ), which is almost surely how the fanzines were printed - the most cost-effective way for runs up to a few hundred or low thousands copies back in the day.

benj111 8y ago
I happened to be looking at my school reports/work from the late 80s/early 90s recently. Some of the sheets seem to be copied. They are from hand written originals, and are in blue ink. I don't think they're carbon copies as they don't have that tell tale haze of ink where pressure was applied, although there is certainly that distinct hue that carbon copies have. Paper seems to be standard. Could that be from a mimeograph?
- ableal 8y ago
  Don't think so, mimeograph stencils are typed or drawn on with a stylus so that pressure pushes aside the wax layer and leaves the underlying thin fabric exposed. Then the stencil goes into the mimeograph to make hundreds or thousands of copies. Ink, usually black, did not fade. There were ancient photocopying processes, including wet ones where individual sheets were hung to dry like laundry. Plus the famous 'blueprints', which were used for large engineering drawings. Maybe your copies are some variation of those, but by the late 80s pretty much everything for regular sized photocopies was dry process with black toner, like we use today minus the digital controllers.
  - benj111 8y ago
    >ancient. Well I feel old. Not quite Tha old though lol. Thanks anyway.
- retzkek 8y ago
  Ditto Machine maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator I recall still getting handouts from those in the late 80s/early 90s.
- ensignavenger 8y ago
  Or one of these- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator I'm pretty sure this is what I remember my school using during the same time frame.
  - benj111 8y ago
    Yes that looks about right. The quoted number of copies (30 - 40) would be about right for a class. Thanks Edit: Thanks to retzkek also

by ableal 8y ago

benj111 8y ago

I happened to be looking at my school reports/work from the late 80s/early 90s recently. Some of the sheets seem to be copied. They are from hand written originals, and are in blue ink. I don't think they're carbon copies as they don't have that tell tale haze of ink where pressure was applied, although there is certainly that distinct hue that carbon copies have. Paper seems to be standard. Could that be from a mimeograph?

ableal 8y ago
Don't think so, mimeograph stencils are typed or drawn on with a stylus so that pressure pushes aside the wax layer and leaves the underlying thin fabric exposed. Then the stencil goes into the mimeograph to make hundreds or thousands of copies. Ink, usually black, did not fade. There were ancient photocopying processes, including wet ones where individual sheets were hung to dry like laundry. Plus the famous 'blueprints', which were used for large engineering drawings. Maybe your copies are some variation of those, but by the late 80s pretty much everything for regular sized photocopies was dry process with black toner, like we use today minus the digital controllers.
- benj111 8y ago
  >ancient. Well I feel old. Not quite Tha old though lol. Thanks anyway.
retzkek 8y ago
Ditto Machine maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator I recall still getting handouts from those in the late 80s/early 90s.
ensignavenger 8y ago
Or one of these- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator I'm pretty sure this is what I remember my school using during the same time frame.
- benj111 8y ago
  Yes that looks about right. The quoted number of copies (30 - 40) would be about right for a class. Thanks Edit: Thanks to retzkek also