The hectograph plate should be about the temperature of an ordinary room; chilled plates produce faint prints.
The principal said that the absentee may appear shortly, and untied a package he had before him, taking out some hectograph sheets and began reading them.
The teacher of Confucius was folding and unfolding the hectograph sheet.
A few classes began poring over their text-books, but most of the pupils had their work passed out to them in the form of hectograph copies of exercises prepared in the school itself.
Here," answered the teacher, handing each a typewritten sheet for use as the original from which the young mountaineers were to make hectograph copies, "and mind you make good copies!
This may be done with a soft sponge and tepid water, but this process being rather tedious, most boys will be pleased to hear of an easier method, though it causes the hectograph in time to lose its clean appearance.
If he will make for himself a hectograph he need write his notice no more than once and yet he may have more copies than he is likely to need.
When you have as many as you need clean the surface of the hectograph for the next time you wish to use it.
When the paper has been upon the hectograph for some time strip it off and you will find that your drawing or writing has been transferred to the gelatine.
Lay a plain sheet on the hectograph and rub as before.
Write the material to be copied, in hectograph ink, on a sheet of the same size as that on which the copy is to be made.
When sufficient copies have been made, wash the hectograph with a wet cloth before putting it away.
Lay the written side of the sheet on the hectographand rub it carefully over its whole surface with a soft cloth, so that every particle of the writing comes in contact with the surface of the hectograph.
With the aid of a knife and some hectograph ink this alteration was soon made.
It was a hectograph copy, announcing that a meeting of the more important members of the Third Form would be held in the Forum at half-past six prompt to consider a matter of pressing importance.
Miller invited me to join in the sport, and to that end presented me with one of the hectograph copies on which to exercise my wits, together with a photograph of the document.
When through using the hectograph wash it off with a moist sponge, and it will be ready for future use.
How To Make a Hectograph [326] [Illustration: Making Copies with the Hectograph] A hectograph is very simply and easily made and by means of it many copies of writing can be obtained from a single original.
When the original copy of the writing is ready moisten the surface of the hectograph slightly with a sponge, lay the copy face down upon it and smooth down, being careful to exclude all air bubbles and not shifting the paper.
The original copy is written with a copying pencil or typewritten through a hectograph ribbon.
