carbon paper

     

Carbon paper (originally carbonic paper) is paper coate on one side with a layer of a loosely bound dry ink or pigmented coating, usually bound with wax. It is used for making one or more copies simultaneous with the creation of an original document. Manufacture of carbon paper was formerly the largest consumer of montan wax.

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  • Pre-Xerox, in 1806 Ralph Wedgwood came up with this "apparatus for producing duplicates of writing"
  • This office supply dates back to 1806This office supply dates back to 1806

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