http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/19/the-art-of-the-xerox/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/19/the-art-of-the-xerox/#comment-4466 zinzin Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:51:52 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2855#comment-4466 i used to spend the entire day upstairs at the Kinkos on Market & Duboce, designing and printing resumes, flyers, presentations, etc. Tidy little business at that time. i think i paid for the first hour of computer time and the first 10 copies or something. it was so busy, no one ever knew (or cared). if i had a really big job, i would go overnight to the one in the Inner Sunset. literally, the guy that worked there would lie down behind the counter and sleep. Ah, larceny…why are you so sweet? certainly beat having an actual job, at the time….

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/19/the-art-of-the-xerox/#comment-4465 Allan Hough Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:00:31 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2855#comment-4465 In the ’90s, you could just gank one of Mailboxes Etc.’s counter cartridges, and rip a hole in the side for access to the magnetic reset switch. Then you go in, take an official counter, make 10 copies on it, make 500 copies on the hacked counter, make 10 more on the real counter, pay for 20 copies.

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/19/the-art-of-the-xerox/#comment-4464 Kathryn Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:24:13 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2855#comment-4464 Ah, I remember those old teen days of dealing with paper jams and stapler problems as I created zines and paper art. And the nuances of figuring out how to cheat the copy shops for my copies. I suppose using the Internet is much greener but weren’t those the good old days?

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