Tammyla Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I remember how cool it was to help make copies;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnick in nc Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 My high school was transitioning to a Xerox in the early 90's; most copies I had were purple, but some were black. My US History teacher used the tests that came with the text, and the font and size, I guess, were not ideal for mimeograph copies. The teacher spent several minutes at the beginning of many tests reading the questions to us. I think by the end of the year, she was able to do most of them on the Xerox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Even when I was teaching in the late 1990s and early 2000, we still had a purple ditto machine, because some of the older materials had ditto masters, although the newer ones just had a photocopiable book. We also had a risograph machine, which was essentially the same thing- you fed in your original and it made a master, and then made black ink copies from it, as opposed to toner like on a photocopier. It wasn't as clear as the Xerox, but for most school worksheets, it worked and apparently was MUCH cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hey! I TAUGHT using dittoed papers! I spent many days with purple on my face! Those dittoes could do one thing I cannot do today. With a ditto, I could hand draw and write then immediately go "run it off." Today I need several more steps to reproduce a handwritten document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Ooh, Ellie! Did you have a telecopier, too? My step-dad's office was right next to my bedroom and that thing was like an alarm clock. Ring... Ring... Zhuuuup, chucka chucka chucka chucka... Good times. It didn't ring, but yup, it made those noises. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hey! I TAUGHT using dittoed papers! I spent many days with purple on my face! Those dittoes could do one thing I cannot do today. With a ditto, I could hand draw and write then immediately go "run it off." Today I need several more steps to reproduce a handwritten document. Couldn't you take paper, write on it and press copy? I know that isn't standard but wouldn't it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yep, I recall them, still wet sometimes when handed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Oh I have to share this grew up in a 1940's duplex behind the old elementary school which was old 1920's building just setting a picture of nostalgia:001_smile: Well in the 1970s kids stayed outside all day during the summer no air condition and the teachers started cleaning out their room at the end of the school year so the trash was piled high with those purple/blue carbon things. We were nosy and looking for something to do. I can't remember which friend came up with this wonderful idea. Well my playmates and I decided to make ourselves blue. We smeared and covered ourselves in the stuff. It was the summer between 1st and 2nd grade of 1978 My mom still brings it up how hard it was to get that stuff off me:D We were the orginal smurf people. I think the smurfs came on in the early 80's :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 My mom was a teacher. I have lovely handwriting and in 5th grade I used to help her make worksheets by neatly printing the ditto forms. They always made your hands blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Oddly, I remember the smell of the ditto sheets more than anything! I helped run dittos in school sometimes, and that smell...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 It was a big honor to be selected to go make the dittos. Ah, covered in ink, the smell, good times, good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Which one had the big round drum that you turned with a crank handle? If you were the good student, you got to go make copies. I got to=D It was in a small storage room(the better to breathe in:) Must have been in the early 80's since my mom started homeschooling me in 7th grade in 86-87. And another lovely smell I remember... rubber cement! aahhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I remember them and probably sniffed a few too many! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I remember them, the smell and that they felt damp at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This is too funny/coincidental - I found an old booklet of Christmas carols from grade school and it's 'written' in purple ink! :D So I had to explain to my son about dittos and the purple worksheets that we had as kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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