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Posted on 2005/7/12 23:48
kousei
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Good morning,
I heard from somewhere that the generation of 60's and 70's are the generation of mimeographs, and that the 50's and youngers are the generation of personal computer. I guess the members of the mellow club, are living over the two generations, arent we?
When I attended the alumni meeting of our junior high school , one of old boys said, "There is special feeling I have about mimeographs".
Please tell us everything you experienced and went through with the mimeographs.
Marchan
I heard from somewhere that the generation of 60's and 70's are the generation of mimeographs, and that the 50's and youngers are the generation of personal computer. I guess the members of the mellow club, are living over the two generations, arent we?
When I attended the alumni meeting of our junior high school , one of old boys said, "There is special feeling I have about mimeographs".
Please tell us everything you experienced and went through with the mimeographs.
Marchan
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Before word processors and copy machines appeared
If the temporary tent for construction site was taken down and a new building appears, we dont really remember what was there before.
It seems like the mimeograph is now regarded as relics after its golden age. But we used mimeographs for almost every printing before word processors and copy machines appeared. Mimeographs were actually playing a major role in printing just until quite recently.
Since I thought that the spread of word processors was after the 80s, the generation of the late 30s must have used the mimeographs during their elementary school days. My son and daughter,are both the 60s generation, and were also making hand written literatures during school days.
We also took turns and wrote a memo from PTA that needed to be ciruculated, and printed invitation notices in postcards annoucing a class reunion, etc. by using mimeographs. Someone was good at hand writing and someone was not, but anyone could do the job since we didnt need a particular know-how or a manual that are necessary for using word processors.
When we got the priting materials out through mimeographs, we really felt just excited for a moment.
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kousei4
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Quote:However, for those people who were born clumsy, like me, it was a lot of work. When you use the memiograph, and put too much pressure at the printing process, I punched a hole in the original stencil, or not being able to put a right amount of ink, sometimes too much, which made the printing blurred and my hands all inked. It certainly was a lot of work!
Marchan
We also took turns and wrote a memo from PTA that needed to be ciruculated, and printed invitation notices in postcards annoucing a class reunion, etc. by using mimeographs. Someone was good at hand writing and someone was not, but
anyone could do the job since we didnt need a particular know-how or a manual that are necessary for using word processors.
Marchan
kousei4
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Dear Marchan,
Quote:Yeah, I understand that.
Using IT apparatus today requires brains, but using the old machine required manual dexterity. I was probably the manual dexterity person, so you could call me a original (stecil) person or a primitive person. (^^;
Karei
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However, for those people who were born clumsy, like me, it was a lot of work. When you use the memiograph, and put too much pressure at the printing process, I punched a hole in the original stencil, or not being able to put a right amount of ink, sometimes too much, which made the printing blurred and my hands all inked. It certainly was a lot of work!
Using IT apparatus today requires brains, but using the old machine required manual dexterity. I was probably the manual dexterity person, so you could call me a original (stecil) person or a primitive person. (^^;
Karei
kousei4
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Karei san
Quote:Yes, you can say that again.
My friend complained that the latest style sewing machine which is equipped with computer control can sew automatic zigzag and hemstich, which is pretty convinient, but awfully difficult to set it up for a clumsy person.
Marchan
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Yeah, I understand that.
Using IT apparatus today requires brains, but using the old machine required manual dexterity.
My friend complained that the latest style sewing machine which is equipped with computer control can sew automatic zigzag and hemstich, which is pretty convinient, but awfully difficult to set it up for a clumsy person.
Marchan
kousei4
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Karei san good evening
Quote:Yes! And one of the remaining relics was in my desk! It was a stylus!,
A real stylus! And to my surprise, this stylus can write both thin characters and bold letters but the rubber grip part wass worn out probably because it got a cold or something afther these long years in my desk. I gave the mimeograph to someone, but kept the stylus unused. The box is as brand new. I remember there was a slight skill using the stylus to write on memiograph, but I couldnt pick up the skill even after long practices.
Other things I remember are: I stood side by side to my teacher and helped wrapping by a stencil paper. Another was the first assignment I had when I was sent to Sapporo in the spring of Showa year 29 and wrapped a bunch of lilly by a stencil paper and sent it the parents in Kyushu which made them really happy.
Not really exciting memories, though..
Maya
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It seems like the mimeograph is now regarded as relics after its golden age. But we used mimeographs for almost every printing before word processors and copy machines appeared. Mimeographs were actually playing a major role in printing just until quite recently.
A real stylus! And to my surprise, this stylus can write both thin characters and bold letters but the rubber grip part wass worn out probably because it got a cold or something afther these long years in my desk. I gave the mimeograph to someone, but kept the stylus unused. The box is as brand new. I remember there was a slight skill using the stylus to write on memiograph, but I couldnt pick up the skill even after long practices.
Other things I remember are: I stood side by side to my teacher and helped wrapping by a stencil paper. Another was the first assignment I had when I was sent to Sapporo in the spring of Showa year 29 and wrapped a bunch of lilly by a stencil paper and sent it the parents in Kyushu which made them really happy.
Not really exciting memories, though..
Maya
kousei4
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Maya san
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A stylus that can write both "a thin character and a bold letter"? How is it made?
Please let me know.
Marchan
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A real stylus! And to my surprise, this stylus can write both thin characters and bold letters
A stylus that can write both "a thin character and a bold letter"? How is it made?
Please let me know.
Marchan
kousei4
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Good morning! Marchan
Quote:I am sorry that my explanation was insufficient. It has the nibs on both sides and by regrasping it, you can use either end. Its something similar to the way the red and blue color pencil is made; one color on the end and the other color on the other end. The nib to write "thin characters" and the nib to write "bold characters" are at the both end of one stylus. Im not explanign right, am I? (Shall I send a photograph of it, although the rubber portion of a grip is somewhat weired?).
Maya
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A stylus that can write both "a thin character and a bold letter"? How is it made?
Please let me know.
Maya
kousei4
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Maya san
Quote:Oh, I understand. Sorry for taking up too much of your time and effort.
Quote:Thank you very much.
Perhaps on the next occasion, please send the picture by e-mail
Marchan
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Its something similar to the way the red and blue color pencil is made; one color on the end and the other color on the other end.
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Shall I send a photograph of it?
Perhaps on the next occasion, please send the picture by e-mail
Marchan
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Posted on 2005/7/15 13:47
kousei4
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maya san
Quote:I did not know there was such kind of stylus.
Becasuse I thought that it was not so popular, I didnt put it out in a photograph, but I also had five set of stylus. The box was made by the Horii Teppitsu.
There were five stylus in the box, and two of them were ordinary type with different,thickness, and a nib of round point, and two were with nibs of large and small spatula I got them in order to do the net cliff of a large range and to color a print of a picture, but I have not used them because it was complicated. In the picture, the one on the extreme end of solid one without the ruled line of stencil paper is the stencil paper for drawing a picture.
Quote:Yes, that was right! We used to help teachers after school during elementary school days. We used to wrap sandwiches in wax paper, and come to think of it, stencil paper was a wax paper, too (^-^)/
Karei
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A real stylus! And to my surprise, this stylus can write both thin characters and bold letters but the rubber grip part wass worn out probably because it got a cold or something afther these long years in my desk.
Becasuse I thought that it was not so popular, I didnt put it out in a photograph, but I also had five set of stylus. The box was made by the Horii Teppitsu.
There were five stylus in the box, and two of them were ordinary type with different,thickness, and a nib of round point, and two were with nibs of large and small spatula I got them in order to do the net cliff of a large range and to color a print of a picture, but I have not used them because it was complicated. In the picture, the one on the extreme end of solid one without the ruled line of stencil paper is the stencil paper for drawing a picture.
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Other things I remember are: I stood side by side to my teacher and helped wrapping by a stencil paper. Another was the first assignment I had when I was sent to Sapporo in the spring of Showa year 29 and wrapped a bunch of lilly by a stencil paper and sent it the parents in Kyushu which made them really happy.
Karei
