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If you are old enough, like I am, you can smell this video :). I never knew how these devices worked. #history #printing

Spirit Duplicators: Copies Never Smelled So Good

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J.P. Wing
J.P. Wing
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I'm convinced that one of the reasons our public schools are in disarray is because we gave up ditto fumes. Ditto fumes helped keep the classroom chill.
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cobalt
cobalt
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as a young teacher back when these copiers were plentiful, we called the masses of worksheets each student got the Purple Sea. I liked the smell but soon realized if you are around the copier too long while printing, a headache would come.
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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As a student I never liked the smell. I found it too overwhelming when they were fresh out of the copy machine. I was so happy when I switched schools and the new one was using photocopiers rather than ditto machines.
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Karl Auerbach
Karl Auerbach
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I remember cutting mimeograph stencils (and using 'em.)
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Bryan Meloy
Bryan Meloy
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I remember the copier filling a room and the ink looking purple
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Karl Auerbach
Karl Auerbach
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There was one kind of copier from the 1970's that used a weird kind of paper and chemistry - I couldn't hold the resulting paper without my hands beginning to tingle and eventually tremor and ache.
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