Remember smell of mimeograph ink?

[Galane]

The grade school I went to also had a mimeograph machine. Which they also used with purple ink. Dunno why when black would have been nicer. It was on a metal rolling cabinet and I remember seeing the jug of ink in the base of it. I assume why they never used different colors was it would have been a major job cleaning all the ink out.

It would be an interesting project to mimeograph a multi color flyer by having several of the machines, each loaded with different ink. Run the sheets through all of them in CMYK series.

 

[bykfixer]

It probably caused cancer in California.....

 

[LuxLuthor]

So it was the solvent, not the wax master, that was responsible for the aroma?

Mostly the trichlorofluoromethane

Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). It is a colorless, faintly ethereal, and sweetish-smelling liquid that boils around room temperature.

 

[LuxLuthor]

It probably caused cancer in California.....

Yeah, it is well known that crossing that state line begins random genetic mutations.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

I would imagine that the wax added a small amount to the overall aroma, sort of that "fresh box of crayons" smell.

 

[LuxLuthor]

I would imagine that the wax added a small amount to the overall aroma, sort of that "fresh box of crayons" smell.

No, it's the solvent soaked paper which is still drying out when handed out to students.

 

[kaichu dento]

I found an incredibly valuable piece of machinery once and took it home, knowing I could probably make a lot of money by selling it.

My dad told me it was in excellent condition and that he'd had a lot of experience with them!

Then he told me it was called a mimeograph and that they were no longer in use.