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Mimeograph
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Mimeograph
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Mimeograph
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Captain Mimeo Oct 30.
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I know several people around the US and Canada who are hoarding old stencil duplicators, generally Gestetner silk screen units, in addition to myself. That's actually kinda why I just joined this group, I have a dozen mimeos in my basement along wit…
I was replying to James.N about the ditto machine, but the name we used was "polycopy".
Smells like almonds.
I'm old enough, we still used it something like ten years ago... in france.
Thanks...This is all great info!!!
http://www.fell.demon.co.uk/steve/jelly.html unless you're a vegetarian. Or unless you need more than a few copies. Or unless you decide to use a photocopier instead for some reason.
Wow, that rules. I think that is the perfect way of incorporating all of the functionality of a zine!
It'll probably also shed some light on why xerox was so effective at replacing mimeo...
My reasons have nothing to do with convenience or cost..I am covering a few different topics in my zine, one of which is a guy who did a book that was very zine like in 1929...He used a mimeograph...I like the sense of continuity doing my zine on hi…
I really feel the need to ask WHY you want to specifically make a mimeographed zine? It's certainly not the easiest option out there. This may open up other answers, alternatives, and solutions to your problem.
Joshua,
Thanks for getting in contact with me. I have been doing zines now and then for the past 10 or 15 years on a DITTO MACHINE, not a mimeograph. A ditto machine is also called a SPIRIT DUPLICATOR, and it usually makes copies of blue ink, which…
Do you mean mimeograph or ditto?
I made a mimeograph zine a few years ago. I'm in Portland and the IPRC has one and we have classes from time to time. I also I know just the guy to talk to who is also in Portland.
I know James N. Dawson has written about them several times in the past. He's even printed off several issues of his different zines on them. He's a member here, so you might want to drop him a line and see what he can tell you.
I Have recently become interested in using a Mimeograph for my zine...Can anyone help me per-sue this? I am open to suggestions, (Finding one in a public space, buying a cheap used one, a DIY mimeograph)
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- At 9:25pm on November 10, 2009,
Captain Mimeo said…
- forgot all about sisters camelot since I moved to the far north end of North East Mpls 5 years ago
they are one of the groups I thought might be interested in a donation of printing equipment that doesn't require computers, or even electricity, to print stuff with.
so you fix gear, eh - I have this ancient Roland JC120 in my studio, last time someone pluged a guitar into it the reverb was out... (I'm a drummer) but on the other hand I can afford to pay to have it fixed, I just never seem to get around to it...
- At 10:45am on November 3, 2009,
Captain Mimeo said…
- I'll get back to you on mimeos but nudge me if you don't hear from me in a while. I'm designing a book at the moment (when I'm not at my day job) and the book needs to be done and at the printer before Thanksgiving.
Discussion to throw out: I would love to give all my mimeo gear to a group, a zine collective maybe, if such a thing exists. I could help get it running and then I'd retire to an occasional advisory position. (I was picturing such a thing happening in the basement of the Hard Times or one of the food or bike co-ops or something else nonprofit but stable enough that the gear wouldn't have to be moved around every couple months for lack of a space... )
- At 7:31pm on April 13, 2009,
Synthia Nicole said…
- i'm interested to see what you've been working on. c.g.
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