Editing Mimeograph (section)

==Uses and art==
Mimeographs and the closely related but distinctly different [[spirit duplicator]] process were both used extensively in schools to copy homework assignments and tests.  They were also commonly used for low-budget amateur [[publishing]], including club newsletters and church bulletins. They were especially popular with [[science fiction]] fans, who used them extensively in the production of [[fanzine]]s in the middle 20th century, before photocopying became inexpensive.

Letters and typographical symbols were sometimes used to create illustrations, in a precursor to [[ASCII art]]. Because changing ink color in a mimeograph could be a laborious process, involving extensively cleaning the machine or, on newer models, replacing the drum or rollers, and then running the paper through the machine a second time, some fanzine publishers experimented with techniques for painting several colors on the pad.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Rich Brown |date=2006-06-26 |url=http://www.fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fan_terms/Fan_terms-09.html#023 |title=Dr. Gafia's Fan Terms – VICOLOR |website=The FANAC Fan History Project|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>

In addition, mimeographs were used by many resistance groups during [[World War Two]] as a way to print illegal newspapers and publications in countries such as [[Belgium]].<ref>Stone, Harry (1996). ''Writing in the Shadow: Resistance Publications in Occupied Europe'' (1st ed.). London: Cass. ISBN 0-7146-3424-7.</ref>