Difference between revisions of "Gestetner"
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| − | An English brand of [[mimeograph]] that | + | {{Chaz|file=DickSmithMimeo.jpeg|align=left|text=[[Dick Smith]] cranks a Gestetner at [[Windycon 29]] in 2002.}} |
| + | An [[English]] brand of [[mimeograph]] that were much better than [[American]] brands. Where U.S. models had cotton ink pads, Gestetners utilized a silk screen; where American [[mimeos]] relied on internal brushes and centrifugal force (or, on cheaper machines, outside applications with a brush) to spread ink around, the Gestetner used far superior waver rollers. | ||
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| + | The Gestetner also had a sophisticated method of adjustment that allowed for better registration (establishing where the print area will hit on the page), which made it vastly superior for two- and three-color mimeograph work. | ||
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| + | Gestetner is no longer made as a form of [[mimeograph]], although some of the old technology is in use in its present copier; the [[stencils]] are internal and they are cut by a photographic process from the original copy, which is scanned like a Xerox. | ||
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Revision as of 23:08, 6 March 2021
An English brand of mimeograph that were much better than American brands. Where U.S. models had cotton ink pads, Gestetners utilized a silk screen; where American mimeos relied on internal brushes and centrifugal force (or, on cheaper machines, outside applications with a brush) to spread ink around, the Gestetner used far superior waver rollers.
The Gestetner also had a sophisticated method of adjustment that allowed for better registration (establishing where the print area will hit on the page), which made it vastly superior for two- and three-color mimeograph work.
Gestetner is no longer made as a form of mimeograph, although some of the old technology is in use in its present copier; the stencils are internal and they are cut by a photographic process from the original copy, which is scanned like a Xerox.
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