mimeo
Old office copier
Mimeo is an informal shortening of mimeograph, a duplicating machine that was standard office equipment before photocopiers.
The device forced ink through a stencil onto paper, producing copies with a distinctive purplish tint and chemical smell.
As a verb, to mimeo something is to reproduce it this way: We mimeoed the newsletter and distributed it after class.
The term evokes mid-twentieth-century offices and schools, now largely obsolete.
Cutout pattern for painting
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- crankRotary operating handle
- rollerRotating cylindrical tool
- inkWriting fluid
master · ditto · squeegee · hand-operated · fluid · template · stylus · platen
Cutout pattern for painting
Unclear dirty mark
Quality from past eras
- analogComparable equivalent
- retroEvoking recent past
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
Copying or procreation
- duplicateExact replica of original
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- runMove swiftly on foot
- collateArrange systematically
edition · batch · output · distribute · circulate · disseminate · mass-produce
stencil
Cutout pattern for painting
ink · master · ditto · squeegee · hand-operated · fluid · template · stylus · platen · flatbed
stencil
Cutout pattern for painting
smudge
Unclear dirty mark
- fadedLost original color
- blurryIndistinct, lacking definition
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
offset · bleeding · fuzzy · moire · halftone · grainy · imperfect
vintage
Quality from past eras
old-school · antique · midcentury · classroom · office · zine · samizdat
reproduction
Copying or procreation
collate · edition · batch · output · distribute · circulate · disseminate · mass-produce
mimeodigital printer
Electronic document reproducer
laser printer · digital printing · inkjet printer · photocopier · xerox
mimeooriginal
First or inventive
source document · manuscript · holograph · autograph · master copy