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Q: What is a spirit master on a duplicator?
A: The duplicator uses two-ply “spirit masters”, also called “master sheets”. The first sheet can be typed, drawn, or written upon. The second sheet is coated with a layer of wax that had been impregnated with one of a variety of colorants.
Q: What is the ink used in spirit duplication?
A: There is no separate ink used in spirit duplication, as the wax transferred to the back side of the first sheet contains the ink. As the paper to be printed moves through the printer, the solvent is spread across each sheet by an absorbent wick.
Q: Who invented the spirit duplicator?
A: Part of a series on the. History of printing. A spirit duplicator (also referred to as a Ditto machine in North America, Banda machine in the UK or Roneo in Australia, France and South Africa) was a printing method invented in 1923 by Wilhelm Ritzerfeld and commonly used for much of the rest of the 20th century.