Mimeographing Techniques (1958)
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- Demonstrates the mimeographing process, including making corrections and operating the machine. Shows supplies, equipment and specialized tools and suggests ways to improve mimeographed copies. Discusses other duplicating processes.
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I am reading a light novel from Japan called, 'Ascension of a Bookworm'. In the books the protagonist tries to create books in a medieval era world. She starts trying to create papyrus, clay tablets, and so on until she 'invents' plant based paper in the world. Eventually she manages to create a Gutenberg press and wants to create a mimeograph. Being unfamiliar with the Mimeograph I came here to see exactly what it does. And indeed this will help her proliferate books across the world :)
I am doing the exact same thing! What an amazing show!
I am a young teacher, so I never used a mimeograph myself, but I adore this show for putting learning on a pedestal. I want America to have similar shows that cherish building and invention!
I came here after reading bookworm too
Me too
Honestly this seems way more simple and useful than the printing press. I suppose that the required ink and wax paper wasn't available until later, but Myne figured out how to make it 😊
I came here for the same reason
@@RainAngel111 Ha yeah, 5-3 (24th book) just got released today in english. The later books kinda stray from the inventions she makes.
I remember when I was in junior high school (Los Angeles City Schools) the teacher showed me the mimeograph in another room, that printed on white paper with purple printing. On another day she asked me to print something like 40 copies, which I remember was for a homework assignment in another class. I felt, why just print 40. I think I used up all the paper. I loved cranking that thing, so I made about 2,000 copies. Enough copies to give to every student at the school. That was the last time I was asked to run the mimeograph. :/
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I ran the mimeograph in my junior high school too. I loved it.
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Loved your story. I too loved making mimeos. I was too compliant to make more than requested though.
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This is the only video so far that explains how the machine works. And I love it. There is a certain charm when you see a presentation from that era when it was thoroughly used. If it was a present day video, either it would have heavy doses of condescension or nostalgic fanboying. But the real feel wouldn't be there because they don't have the experience of using it for their day to day life. It's like watching a current day video on a Photoshop tutorial.
Thanks for this. I wondered how this machine worked, and yours is the only video on CZcams that explains the process fully.
Who watching on Nov/10/2022?
I spend many minutes looking for some info about this machine; when i discovered this video, recorded on these years with an original machine, and 2 beautiful 50's women, i fall in love for this video.
I love 20's-90's technology.
Saludos desde México 🇲🇽💞
"It's easy", "few simple rules". LOL. I remember these machines. The process of typing up a sheet to be run off in one color was tedious enough. But adding any freehand artwork or doing multiple colors was positively ARDUOUS.
5 star movie. Should have won an Oscar for short films that year. As another said, very entertaining
Man, I was genuinely entertained by this!
I am really surprised
I love how that lady comes away from working with stencils and she doesn't have one stain on her dress. In real life, those things were messy!
There is nothing like a good bullet bra to teach a lass to keep her distance from messy shit.
I remember the elementary school nurse telling me horror stories of how the mimeograph machine in the clinic would come apart while a teacher was using it to make copies and of how the mimeograph ink would get all over their clothes as a result.
Yep. I used one as a kid since I was the editor of an elementary school "newsletter". ALWAYS came away with blue fingers at the least...
@@collegeman1988 LOL, back when we have "School Nurse".
I used an electric mimeograph as a grad student TA.. in 1987. One of the other TA’s had been a teacher in Kentucky and she used a hand cranked machine in the 1980’s.
The elementary school I attended used to have a mimeograph when I was in first grade. Everytime I'd walk past the office after being dropped off I'd see the thing working through the door of the teacher work room. They replaced it with a photocopier two years later.
great video, nice to know some time ago people had skill in printing, not just the computer work done today, and nice to see the origin of some of the printing procesess.
I was reminiscing about running the mimeograph machine in elementary school and was wondering where the original came from that was copied. Thank you for answering that question for me.
You gotta love how he stresses the word "easy" several times after giving 50 few+ "simple rules" 🤣. Grateful for wifi printing 💡
When I was a kid I used to love the smell of fresh mimeograph papers the teacher with hand us....!
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We took all out tests in elementary school on mimeographed pages in the 50s and early 60s. It was a great thrill to be chosen to run copies on the mimeograph machine in the teacher's lounge. I can still remember the smell that purple ink!
Its an amazing machine for those bygone times and must have made life so easier. The downside is that there are so many steps to follow that I think a member of staff needed to be specially trained to operate this machine.
Not really. Every teacher in my grammar school knew how to use it, and so did a lot of the students (7th or 8th grade).
Hence the printing department.
The operator selected to demonstrate contemporary machinery was a natural beauty:
Notice the minimal cra- uhm - makeup on her face in close ups. Not like today, where all you have to do at work is look good
Never heard about this machine before. Very interesting!
Thank you for this! I acquired a set of styli and was doing research about them. This is the only thing I could find that actually explained what they are and how to use them. :)
Era uma magnífica profição!
Hoje somente lembranças.
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasíl.
I run a commercial print shop and I think this process is similar to screen printing except that a wax paper with permeable surface is used in place of a screen with unblocked parts. Its also similar to Flash rubber stamps where a photosensitive foam is exposed to high intensity flashlights and ink is only permitted to seep through unblocked part of the foam piece.
Amazing video
I'd like to see one of these being used. Most likely, this type machine was used while I was in elementary school in the 70s. I wasn't allowed in that room but I saw part of it through the doorway.
Good god, what a pain this must have been.
I rather liked using them when I was a teacher.
It was an art. I always loved it when the teacher allowed me (and sometimes my friend) to go run off some "mimeos"!! :)
I wouldn't want to arm-wrestle with her!
I was an editor of a student newsletter in elementary school and had to operate one of these. You could always tell when someone had used one because their fingers (at the least) were usually covered in blue ink...
AND noisy and a powerful chemical smell.
I remember the damp, stinky blue copies.
Seems to have been a "hate it or love it" kind of smell.
I appreciate my HP LaserJet a lot more now!
Ya...l remember these in school...All the kids would sniff the copies when the teacher would hand them out...LOL..
I remember walking down the halls of grade school hearing the mimeograph spit out paper. I don’t know how this lady didn’t turn out purple.
This is fantastic! Love The alcohol smell it gave!
Hahahahaha oh my goodness. These guys were really patient, just to print, you have to go through all these work. Waoh. Siri can do this for me in seconds.
Yeah, but that's not as good a thing as you think it is. Somebody with a mimeograph machine and a box of paper knows how to make their own copies. Somebody who relies on a bot assistant to do things for them doesn't really know how to do much of anything.
Wow, I had no idea!
Thank God Chester Carlson invented Xerox!
at times I miss this sort of equipment, when "modern printers" are being a hassle.
At public school in the 1950's and 60's, these were used almost daily for lesson materials, test pages, and even announcements!
I learned the basics while just a kid.
BUT, I don't think I've seen one in use for nearly 45 or 50 years!
To bad to, was decent technology. Did a good job and was CHEAP too.
My teachers would have loved a motorized model
Glad we have copiers now.
The prehostoric to the modern copy machine basically.
I remember those from grade school. What they don't mention is the smell. We couldn't wait to get the handouts and shove our faces into the paper and snort long and hard. It was a sweet, chemical, alcohol kind of smell (no, we didn't get high from it, but maybe the teacher who made it did.) Our school used a light blue ink. Mmmmm, Mimeo...
Homer Simpson The kind of copies you’re talking about were dittos made on a spirit duplicator which used ethanol to melt a waxy carbon onto the damp paper. It’d make you light headed. 😀
Yes, a very clean, cold, crisp, clean smell. I remember both blue and purple inks.
Yes, I remember that, too. It all had a very rough, underground kind of quality to it. The font often was Courier.
My schools used blue ink and purple ink most of the time. Great old memories. I just posted "Mmmmm "mimeo" smell!!", .. BEFORE I saw your post here!! haha
My school use one of these. Yes I am that old
i am wondering if the word "ditto" originates from the "Ditto Machine". The meaning of ditto is essentially to duplicate. and the Ditto Corporation machine's function is to duplicate.
Reams of paper, just like we have today.
I used to fix these.
Wow! I have so many questions. When was this and how old were you?
thanks to Bucowski I knew about this
Every test we took in school.
Wish we could import 1950s culture to the 21st century.
This is super fast copier!
I came @ 02:29
Hahahahaha modern mimeographing techniques, that's very funny.
Why did everyone need to have a doctoral degree to make instructional films like these? It's a mimeograph machine, not a rocket or a fighter jet.
Because back then, people respected education and professionals. If you were a medical doctor (or a PhD "doctor"), people believed you really knew what you were talking about and were more likely to listen and trust you.
At least show us a close-up of the finished work product! "TIPS" indeed.
Mmmmmmm "mimeo" smell....
Back when people were GOD fearing and respectful. Dressed properly and had work ethic
...and didn't spend their time writing completely irrelevant notes to strangers.
@Ig-nat-ius fear can mean two things in the Bible.
@Ig-nat-ius the fear of God is the birth of knowledge
Yes, some churches and religions truly did use fear and shame to keep people in line, and that is horrible. But "fear of God" doesn't mean "fear". It means to respect God as an authority, and fear the CONSEQUENCES.
@@cowsongs yes sir. Shocked at how many people with binge on Netflix or whatever.... But not spend time finding out where they will spend eternity..