Jim is referring to copying centers, of which Kinko's is probably the biggest in the world. When he talks of a Kinko-style duplicator, he's talking about enterprises similar to Kinko's (e.g., CopyMax).
The founder was a student when he started the company. He was known, to his fellow students, as "Kinko" (either because of his hair or his crazy antics -- I forget which), so he chose that as the name. There are Kinko's centers all over Tokyo. I knew someone who thought, because the name looks Japanese, that it was a Japanese company. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Louis JOURDAN > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:28 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19822] Re: Answer from MT editors > > > At 9:02 -0600 02/04/30, Jim Elwell wrote: > >(1) Paper used by printers (not photocopiers or Kinko-style > >duplicators) is pretty much unrelated to paper used by individuals > >in our home or offices. > > Jim, just for my information, what is a Kinko-style duplicator? Never > heard about it! > > Louis >
