Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Mrs. Partch Explains the Time Savers’”’ hid) hes remaining part of this period will be devoted to the explanation . of some of the time savers which have recently been added to our department. Every large up-to-date business house has one or more of these common office appliances, such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph, multigraph, and dictaphone. “The mimeograph is used in connection with the typewriter. It is a device for making copies from an original copy, which is a stencil. The stencil may be either a wax one, which can be used but once, or a perma- nent (dermatype) stencil, which can be saved and used again for more copies. The wax stencil has a stiff backing sheet, a tissue sheet on top to keep the wax from adhering to the type, and a silk sheet placed under the wax to catch the wax cut out by the type. This is placed in the type- writer and typed on without the ribbon. It is better not to make mistakes because very often they are difficult to correct. The mimeograph is inked and the stencil placed smoothly in position. For this work we usually use mimeograph paper which is laid on the left-hand side and is fed to the machine either by hand or by the self-feeder attachment. You see the ink on the cylinder goes through the impressions on the stencil and prints on the paper. Hundreds of copies can be made by this machine.” “But what are those numbers under this glass when he turns the handle?” “That registers the number of revolutions of the cylinder; in other words, counts the number of copies.” “This machine is a multigraph. We use this rather than the mimeo- graph when the copy is to be printed on letterheads and when a very large number of copies are needed. It is rather slow work to set up a letter on the multigraph, as each letter and space is placed on separately; but time is gained when the copies are printed. An inking device is attached to the machine after the type is set; and this handle is turned to pass the paper through. The work of this machine looks more like printing than does the mimeograph. You will notice this machine also has the attach- ment for counting the copies. “This period is now at an end, but I think we have accomplished a great deal if we begin to know the use of the appliances we have here for office work.” —Ruby Lindberg.

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Office Appliances

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