No, I think Clay and David are referring to the stencils that were cut from a layered stencil and you used the red 'stuff' to fill the holes if there was a mistake. It was run through a press that squeezed the ink out of the holes and you got the black text on the sheet. Those were for the 'fancy' things that went home to our parents. That's the mimeograph, and I think Gestetner (now bought out by Ricoh) made those.
You're referring to the Ditto machine or spirit duplicator and it was the fumey purple stuff - you wrote or typed on it, separated the sheets and then it was run through the machine. Sometimes we got purple and mint or red on the same test, and everyone sniffed the page as soon as they got it to see just how 'fresh' off the press it was :-) It used isopropyl alcohol and another, maybe methanol? Thank you Jane, you just replugged the hole with the name in my memory - the Roneo :-) Helen, in sunny Duvall, WA To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
