Product: Photocopier
Pre-Aging Printer/Copier Setting   (+10, -1)  [vote for, against]
Print a document that's already "aged"

I have some printed instruction sheets at work that I can recognize easily within a folder, since they are noticeably aged. There's something familiar and comforting about the slightly yellowed, been-in-existence-a-long-time sheet of instructions that reminds me of how often I've needed and profited from them.

Over time, these sheets accumulate hand-written notes on them, but as much as I'd like to edit the document on the computer and reprint it, I know the reprint won't have that cozy loyalty of the old version. It'll start out all new and shiny and easily loseable in a sea of corporate handouts and data. Colored paper seems too pompous for such an earthy cause.

But a "Pre-Age" setting on the copier might help.

This is a setting similar to "darkness", that, if selected, feeds the white paper, after printing, into a dust chamber and then a crinkling module, imparting synthetic thumb dents and guaranteeing that all glare is removed from the paper. The output comes out looking well worn and dependable, just like the original.
-- phundug, Sep 05 2006

+ I like it, but you can *age* paper by using tea bags and paper towels or holding it over a candle (not too long) for a burnt effect.
-- xandram, Sep 05 2006


"can I have a dozen copies of this, say, err, 2 years ago please" (+).
-- neilp, Sep 05 2006


"What's happened to your face ? -you look ancient all of a sudden"

"I got it caught in that bloody pre-aging photocopier"

"Never mind. Stick this croissant in your gub, and quit yer gurnin"
-- xenzag, Sep 05 2006


Actually, I guess another idea is to leave some blank paper around your office for months and use that in the printer when needed.
-- phundug, Sep 05 2006


"And phundug, you say this is George Washington's first draft of the Constitution? Well, the paper looks authentic..."
-- DrCurry, Sep 05 2006


Murderous document forger Mark Hacking used chlorine bleach to artificially age his documents.
-- bjl8, Sep 05 2006


Oh, you didn't get that report? I sent it to you last mon...Oh, here it is. You must have lost it under your desk.
-- sartep, Sep 06 2006



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