mimeo
Speech parts
1. mimeo - Noun
2. mimeo - Verb
Meaning
a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
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She mimeographed the syllabus
A second-hand mimeo could print hundreds of copies and (with more than a little effort) print in color.
A skilled mimeo operator using an electrostencil and a very coarse halftone screen could make acceptable printed copies of a photograph.
Another device, called an electrostencil machine, sometimes was used to make mimeo stencils from a typed or printed original.
A mimeo'd zine could look terrible or look beautiful, depending more on the skill of the mimeo operator than the quality of the equipment.
In practice, most low-cost mimeo stencils gradually wear out over the course of producing several hundred copies.