verb
- the present participle of hectograph; reproducing copies of a document using a hectograph machine
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- Before photocopiers became common, offices relied on hectographing to produce multiple copies of memos.
- The secretary spent the afternoon hectographing the test papers for distribution to all classrooms.
- Hectographing was a standard office procedure in the early twentieth century.
- The school used hectographing to create handouts for the upcoming assembly.
- By the 1960s, hectographing had largely been replaced by more modern copying technologies.