In 1876 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
In 1876, Thomas Edison received a patent for "Autographic Printing," which covered the electric pen and flatbed press; in 1880, he received a patent for "Autographic Stencils." Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph in 1887, after licencing and refining Edison's patents.
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