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National Fantasy Fan, February 17, 1945

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You can get several colors more easily, but not as bright ones. It is quicker and easier, but you cannot get as many good copies as with mimeo.

Hekto and Ditto are disliked because they tend to fade quickly; because the *%#@* inks and carbons leave sinister stains upon the operator's hands (and everything elsearound) with almost incredible and diabolical ease; are hard to get off, and smear everything one touches. It is possible to overcome this to some extent by wrapping strips of adhesive around the tips of pens where the fingers touch, removing when it gets inky.

While mimeography is greatly superior, do not hesitate to use either hekto or Ditto if the urge is upon you to publish and one or the other is the only means at your disposal. Many of our best fanzines started out that way. 

And, after all, WHAT you write is far more important than the way it is reproduced.
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NOTE: Above is the Second Chapter of the FANZINE PUBLISHERS' MANUAL. If you have any criticisms, additions or deletions to suggest, please write them in at once. Another chapter next month.

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You can get several colors more easily, but not as bright ones. It is quicker and easier, but you cannot get as many good copies as with mimeo. Hekto and Ditto are disliked because they tend to fade quickly; because the *%#@* inks and carbons leave sinister stains upon the operator's hands (and everything elsearound) with almost incredible and diabolical ease; are hard to get off, and smear everything one touches. It is possible to overcome this to some extent by wrapping strips of adhesive around the tips of pens where the fingers touch, removing when it gets inky. While mimeography is greatly superior, do not hesitate to use either hekto or Ditto if the urge is upon you to publish and one or the other is the only means at your disposal. Many of our best fanzines started out that way. And, after all, WHAT you write is far more important than the way it is reproduced. [line break] NOTE: Above is the Second Chapter of the FANZINE PUBLISHERS' MANUAL. If you have any criticisms, additions or deletions to suggest, please write them in at once. Another chapter next month.