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Show One would hardly expect ex-pect or want an office copying machine to produce pro-duce anything original. But the originality of the "copy cats" who use them is a subject close to the heart of John Poppen, director of marketing of Minolta Corporation's Business Equipment Division. Here are some copier classics: rfPPlff Mug shots might haunt muggers and other criminals crim-inals whose mugs arc shot. A Midwest police department depart-ment used its Minolta copier to take fingerprints of suspects by having them press their palms on copy paper. "Mug shots" were positioned on the copier's platen, providing copies of fares nnfl fingers on one filnhle sheet! A Florida pet shop operator was up to his knees in baby alligators until he got an office copier. His uncommon union of reptiles and reprographics re-prographics enabled him to spread copies of his toothy specimens among prospective buyers all over the country they bought! A desperate dcnrlh of designer clothes for dolls prompted a St. Lotim ldy to turn to n reduction copier. copi-er. She bought up-to the-minute the-minute style pjitlerns in regular sizes. She reduced them to mnke Ftarhi-nwJ Ken-si.ed haute couture an off the shelf item for her style -conscious customers. |