I'm not sure when the Mimeograph machine and its stencils for making copies disappeared. The "stencil" went into the typewriters of the day, which had a ribbon setting which allowed the keystroke to hit the stencil directly without the ribbon in place, thereby "cutting" the shape of the key character and allowing ink to be pressed onto the copy paper in the print machine. If you hit the wrong key, "correction fluid" could be applied to the stencil like "whiteout" in later times. This stuff had a high ether content and could be sniffed by early dopeheads.
A common term from those days probably still survives in the military: "Cutting orders". Every order in the 1950s went through the Mimeograph process, with many recognized acronyms; "EM WP, TPA auth" (Enlisted man will proceed . . . Travel by personal auto authorized, etc). The most dreaded one in 1951 was FECOM (Far East Command).
I have no idea what orders look like today, but I bet they are still "cut".
Since the early 70's, orders have been "cut" on fancy electric typewriters with proportional spacing and descenders/ascenders.
At least in the Texas National Guard.
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