Mimeograph paper

Description

A paper designed for use with mimeograph machines. A mimeograph is a duplicating machine, invented in England in 1881, that made multiple copies using a stencil. The stencil is made from a coated fiber sheet. Typing cuts through the coating to expose the fiber base. The ink can pass through the thin fiber base to the mimeograph paper. Mimeograph paper needed to be opaque with a smooth but absorbent surface. It usually contained a high percentage of cotton fibers mixed with chemical wood pulp and/or mechanical wood pulp. It ranged in weight from 16 to 24 pound.

Synonyms and Related Terms

stencil duplicator paper

Resources and Citations

• Boise Cascade Paper Group, The Paper Handbook, Boise Cascade, Portland OR, 1989

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980