n.a
reference to a device used in a duplicating
machine (a
machine that reproduces typed, printed or handwritten
matter). In certain machines the duplicator
sheet refers to a silk
screen that forms a continuous belt stretched around two cylinders which rotate. A stencil is prepared and attached to the silk
screen or duplicating
sheet. Ink is distributed to the surface of the rotating cylinders by two rollers. It is then pressed through the small openings in the
screen and through the holes
cut into the stencil for the
design, text, etc. A blank
sheet of paper is pressed against the front each
time the stencil rotates, each
sheet receiving the ink as printed letters or designs.