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Antiquated Typing Relics and Ephemeral Devices
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Duplicating machine that spread ink through tiny holes, now vanished
  • 2. Machine using ammonia-revealed images, predecessor to modern copiers
  • 4. Thin transfer layer producing duplicates with every pen stroke
  • 8. Obsolete discipline for mechanical document copying and duplication
  • 10. Analog method to transmit scanned printed material via telephone lines
  • 11. Teleprinter variant used for coded text transmission, archaic tech
  • 12. Obsolete stapling device named after a French patent term
  • 14. Protective sheet placed beneath carbon copies to prevent smudging
  • 18. Complex typesetting machine that cast lines of metal type in hot lead
Down
  • 3. Flat sheet storing miniature photographic records, once office staple
  • 5. Impressing apparatus used historically for embossing or branding paper
  • 6. Dialing mechanism turning in circles for numeric input, now silent
  • 7. Printing method combining photographic and typographical elements
  • 9. Old printing method using raised type to transfer ink to paper
  • 13. Rapid-moving cylindrical carrier in old duplicating devices
  • 15. Recording apparatus once trusted for capturing spoken words verbatim
  • 16. Chemical process for creating copies under ultraviolet exposure
  • 17. Early electromechanical device for sending typed messages over wires

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