The images in JPG format can be right-clicked and saved for your own use. Some are JPGs (screenshots, essentially) of PDFs I’ve found. In each relevant case, I’ve also included a link so you can download the PDF file. Entries are organized by manufacturer and date added to Mimeograph Revival. If you’re looking for a particular brand, you can search (CTRL-F or CMD-F) for the name to quickly determine if it’s here. See the master list (updated 04/10/2026) here (you’ll have to zoom in).
On this webpage, everything is in date-order so that you can tell at a glance if something has been added for a particular brand since you last visited.
4/10/26 update: I’ve returned the in-page view of all pdfs so you can preview them before deciding to download. I’ve also removed the “download” button since you can accomplish the same thing by clicking on the file name. New documents have been added to the A. B. Dick, Ditto, Rex-O-Graph, Sears, and Speed-O-Print categories.
A. B. Dick
04/10/26
A. B. Dick 400 Series (with Flexamatic Control!) advertisement (1948) This batch courtesy of Kevin B.
And specific models in that series:
A. B. Dick Model 420 – sleek! Probably around 1948.
And A. B. Dick Model 432. Also around 1948.
09/22/24
A variety of A. B. Dick advertisements (some are small file size/low res – sorry):
There Are So Many Things You Can Tell to the Mimeograph
A Tribute to Women
Survival of the Fittest
She Also Serves (two versions)
Where Action Inspires (Olympic Torch)
Beauty Isn’t Always Dumb (Sphinx)
Liaison
She’s the World’s Greatest Warrior (Joan of Arc/Jeanne d’Arc)
Meet the Heart of Mimeograph
The Power to Fly
Now is the Time (aka Downsizing the Workforce)
By the Time You’ve Smoked a Cigarette
A Brain, a Girl, and a Typewriter
ABC of Making Money
Modern Mimeographing
10/22/22
More scans generously provided by Kevin B.
A.B. Dick Model 210 Fluid Duplicator specifications (1981).
A. B. Dick 212 Fluid Duplicator specifications
A.B. Dick 210 and 215 Fluid Dplicators) sales brochure
A. B. Dick Model 217 Fluid Duplicator sales brochure (1969)
A. B. Dick Model 220 Fluid Duplicator advertisement
A.B. Dick Models 210 to 227 (fluid duplicators) sales brochure (1976)
I’m not sure where I found this one. A.B. Dick Model 77 Mimeograph advertisement (check out that price!)
08/16/22
The following documents were generously scanned and provided by Kevin B.:
A.B. Dick Model 227 Fluid Duplicator catalog from 1959:
And, for the same model from 1964. I particularly like the poster that so intrigues the man in the background with its list of all types of copies. I couldn’t figure out what was behind the model’s hand (“counted copies”), but luckily the list is provided later in the catalog:
BIG COPIES
SMALL COPIES
FAST COPIES
500 COPIES
COLOR COPIES
INEXPENSIVE COPIES
SINGLE COPIES
COPIES BY ANYONE
AUTOMATIC COPIES
COUNTED COPIES
QUANTITIES OF COPIES
COPIES ALL DAY LONG
COPIES AT INTERVALS
SYSTEMS COPIES
Also, be sure to check out the last page for the retro-vibe example of the machine’s capability.
And, a companion piece to the above, A. B. Dick’s combined mimeo/spirit “supplies selector” catalog, with a fabulous run-down of many of the A.B. Dick stencil-making tools that are sometimes still to be found on ebay. It even lists one version of the Fundamentals of Mimeographing book co-authored by Russell N. Cansler that’s available in the library:
This 1959 advertising brochure for the A.B. Dick Model 455 Mimeograph opens with what has become my favorite mimeograph image – it just says so much:
The next two 1981 brochures for the Models 560 and 565 are much more… down to earth and utilitarian. These machines’ selling points were the option for motorized operation, the widescreen format for full-page printing, and the ink that dried so quickly that slip sheets weren’t needed:
05/11/2021
Images generously donated by Curtis Scaglione.
05/03/2021
A. B. Dick paid royalties to Thomas Edison for their use of his name (and some aspects of the technologies he invented). Images generously donated by Curtis Scaglione.
05/11/2021
Copy-Rite
See the library’s manuals section for a collection of Copy-Rite fluid duplicator documents, including catalog (they were scanned together).
10/22/22
Copy-Rite Pathfinder advertisement
Copy-Rite price list (1959) and two pieces of miscellaneous correspondence (1964).
Ditto
04/10/2026
Ditto R5 advertisement (courtesy of Kevin B.) from the 1940s – a rare type of hectograph in rotary form, when the standard was a flatbed arrangement.
12/03/23
Ditto D-30 brochure, provided by Kevin B.
10/22/22
Several Ditto documents courtesy of Kevin B.
Ditto Model D15 advertisement
Ditto D31 and Automaster Thermal Unit brochure
Ditto D70 (fluid duplicator) brochure
Ditto Systems Duplicator brochure
07/05/2022
This catalog presents an array of Ditto products. Document courtesy of Kevin B.
Edison
The most definitive online guide to Edison’s electric pen – from development to sample documents to a parts list, and even including a list of all known extant pens can be found on Bill Burns’ site “Edison’s electric pen.” Very much worth a visit.
Ellams
10/22/22
Speed-Rite Stencil Duplicator ad
Farnham’s Stationery and School Supply Catalog
10/21/24
Selected pages from a 1941-42 catalog featuring mimeograph supplies, thanks to Kevin B. Two pages excerpted and provided separately.
Geha
Gestetner
06/14/23
Gestetner Styli (Pens) catalog
Gestetner 4170 ami Electronic Stencil Duplicator sales brochure, from Kevin B.
02/08/23
A catalog of Gestetner supplies (including lettering guides) from about 1976. Thanks to Kevin B.
10/22/22
Gestetner 360 and Electric Scanner brochure, thanks to Kevin B.
07/05/2022
Kevin B. has provided scanned copies of a number of brochures and flyers, including these two Gestetner documents.
12/06/2021
Below are scanned copies of several Gestetner advertising brochures – unfortunately the first is water-damaged, but it’s still worth viewing.
Heyer
10/21/24
Photocopies of Heyer spirit and stencil duplicator catalog 1968-1970, from Kevin B.
Heyer Conqueror catalogs from 1963, 1967, and 1969, from Kevin B.
06/14/23
Heyer Mark Six advertisement (1990), from Kevin B.
10/26/22
A few Heyer ads courtesy of Kevin B. First, the Heyer “Conqueror Mark VI” Model 76 and Model 70 (description only) from the 1990s (I’m shocked they were still being made – too bad there aren’t more of them in the wild, though perhaps that price tag indicates why):
The precursor to the above machines, this from 1976, featuring several models.
And lastly for today, an advertisement for Heyer’s Gelatin Duplicators:
05/03/2021
Catalog for the Heyer Conqueror line as well as Heyer Lettergraphs and Gelatin Duplicators. The PDF also includes a marketing letter sent in 1964.
Multistamp
Polyprint
05/11/2021 Image generously donated by Curtis Scaglione.
Master
1972 Master catalog of mimeo supplies, includes stencils, stationery and postcard blanks, and lettering guides.
Old Town
06/14/23
Old Town Spirit Duplicators advertisement
Rex-O-Graph
04/10/2026
Rex-O-Graph Model S fluid duplicator advertisement from 1948 (courtesy of Kevin B., who notes that this style, with the drum running below the paper, caused the duplicated document to be deposited face down, so the operator wouldn’t be able to see the print quality).
Rex-O-Graph School Model SA advertisement from 1947 – also from Kevin B. Like the above Model S, this one had the drum below the loading paper. Machines with this arrangement were relatively rare. Extant machines are in pretty poor condition. Kevin writes, “The only other spirit type machines that produced copies upside down were the Standard SW, made in Everett, Mass., and the Wright, sold by Sears under their Tower brand name and by a few other distributors in the early 1950’s. The Standards were much more common, and you can still find some working examples around. Sam Keller has a video with one on YouTube. The Wright is another nearly extinct one that you are unlikely to find.”
02/08/23
Rex-O-Graph manual and electric spirit duplicators from 1957. Provided by Kevin B.
05/24/2021
Catalog of Rex-O-Graph spirit duplicators, includes sample “dittos.” No date. File generously donated by Theodore Munk.
Rex Rotary
10/26/22
Kevin B. provided these advertisements for the Rex Rotary D280 and M4 models:
Roneo
10/26/22
This 1950s Roneo advertising postcard, the ad for the Roneo Vickers from 1979, and the brochure for the Roneo Alcatel L-440 Spirit Duplicator provided courtesy of Kevin B.
ROTO
02/08/23
A basic sales catalog from ROTO (1981) featuring both manual (Model 275) and “electromatic” (Model 280) spirit duplicators.
Sears
04/10/26
Sears Business Catalog (1964) – pages featuring mimeographs and other duplicating machines.
Sears Business Catalog (1967) with mimeographs and supplies. Both scans courtesy of Kevin B.
06/14/23
Sears Business Machines pages from catalog (1977)
2022
Budget mimeograph for only $59.95! Pages from this Sears catalog provided by Kevin B. Note that the file name is misspelled and ought to be Varicolor.
Speed-O-Print
04/10/26
1954 price list including “Liberator” Models 50, 100, 200, 300, and Model “L.” Courtesy of Kevin B.
06/14/23
Speed-O-Print Price List catalog (1958), from Kevin B.
Standard
02/08/23
1984 catalog featuring the Standard Spirit Duplicators (Models 8200, 8250, and 8500) and the Copier/Transparency-maker (Model 8700).
Utility Supply Company
10/18/24
Product catalog from 1956 scanned by Kevin B.