FromAddressograph(“trade name”), fromaddress +-o- +-graph. It was first produced in 1893.
addressograph (pluraladdressographs)
- (historical) A device for making mailinglabels, used for much of the 20th century.
1920, New York (State). Governor,Public Papers of Governor, page113:The Secretary of State, upon the installation of theaddressograph machines, was to reduce the temporary service.
1942, United States Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations,Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, page72:The man that we are putting on for theaddressograph work is for a service that has long been needed.
- 1961-5,Metals Engineering Quarterly
- Addressograph equipment was selected. This particularaddressograph application utilizes a split plate.