mimeograph machine; mimeograph
Refers to a duplicating machine that uses a stencil; now largely historical or found in older office contexts.
In old schools, they used to print test papers with a mimeograph machine.
Modern photocopier; 謄写機 is an older stencil-based duplicator.
General printing press; 謄写機 is a specific type of duplicating machine.
Standard kanji form for mimeograph machine.
Variant kanji form using 器 instead of 機; less common but still recognized.
From 謄写 (copying, transcription) + 機 (machine). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term describes a stencil-based duplicating device.