1893 10 July 3/6 He made two typewritten copies, one of them on carbon. The carbon copy he gave to Mr. Joy and the ribbon copy to Mr. O'Neill.
1968 R. Lockridge xi. 147 Always they send us carbons... They send the ribbon copies to book publishers.
2004 M. Millgate xvi. 478 Hardy's holograph manuscript was..handed over page by page to Florence to be typed up in three copies, a ribbon copy and two carbons.