Mimeograph vs. Stencil — What's the Difference?

A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The process is called mimeography, and a copy made by the process is a mimeograph.

Stencilling produces an image or pattern by applying pigment to a surface under an intermediate object with designed gaps in it which create the pattern or image by only allowing the pigment to reach some parts of the surface. The stencil is both the resulting image or pattern and the intermediate object; the context in which stencil is used makes clear which meaning is intended.

A duplicator that makes copies of written, drawn, or typed material from a stencil that is fitted around an inked drum.

A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.

A copy made by this method of duplication.

The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.

To make (copies) on a mimeograph.

The process of printing with such a sheet.

To use a mimeograph.

To mark with a stencil.

(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.

To produce by stencil.

To make mimeograph copies.

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

A copying device that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed; it was invented by Edison.

Pattern A pattern produced using such a utensil.

To make copies of using a mimeograph; as, She mimeographed the syllabus.

A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)

To print with a stencil.

Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph;

A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.

To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.

Device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern

Mark or print with a stencil