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Mimeography

The process of making duplicate prints using a mimeograph machine that pushes ink through a stencil. A stencil is made from paper and wrapped around a cylindrical drum of ink. The drum is rotated and paper is fed past it by turning a handle, transferring a stencilled image onto the paper.

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