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On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 16:28:10 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 07:38:11 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:48:15 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:26:24 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:34:47 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

I haven't used fanfold paper in eons.


Same here. Probably close to 30 years


I printed the entire
spitfire v3.2 bbs manual off using it, though. And the renegade
manual, full source to vbbs, etc... but, that was ages and ages ago.
Hell, in the computer world, another lifetime ago.

I don't often run into dot matrix printers, aside from some very
specific jobs.


I see them often, usually in doctor's offices.

Because we need carbon copies. Lord knows why.


I've heard that before, but it doesn't make sense to me. It's easy,
and in many cases just as fast, to print extra copies with a laser or
ink-jet printer.

Copies have to be carbons and hand-written. It's the law here.
And if the last sheet is not readable, you have to do it
again.



Copies of what? Surely not everything. The law where?

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:14:24 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 16:28:10 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 07:38:11 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:48:15 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:26:24 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:34:47 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

I haven't used fanfold paper in eons.


Same here. Probably close to 30 years


I printed the entire
spitfire v3.2 bbs manual off using it, though. And the renegade
manual, full source to vbbs, etc... but, that was ages and ages ago.
Hell, in the computer world, another lifetime ago.

I don't often run into dot matrix printers, aside from some very
specific jobs.


I see them often, usually in doctor's offices.

Because we need carbon copies. Lord knows why.


I've heard that before, but it doesn't make sense to me. It's easy,
and in many cases just as fast, to print extra copies with a laser or
ink-jet printer.

Copies have to be carbons and hand-written. It's the law here.
And if the last sheet is not readable, you have to do it
again.



Copies of what? Surely not everything. The law where?

In Brazil. For instance, if I had to "attest" that someone was
unfit for work, a copy to the justice department, one to welfare, one
for the syndicate, one archived in the health ministry and the last
one was mine, in case I was sued for issuing a false document.
So I had to make sure the last one was legible, and a perfect
replica of the others. Just in case. I was never sued.
Narcotic prescriptions only needed 3 copies, lesser controlled
drugs (including antibiotics and benzos) two.
No idea if it's changed, I retired a while ago.
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Ken Blake
Sun, 18 Jun 2017
14:38:48 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:52:15 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

Ken Blake
m Sat, 17 Jun 2017
14:26:24 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:34:47 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

I haven't used fanfold paper in eons.


Same here. Probably close to 30 years


I printed the entire
spitfire v3.2 bbs manual off using it, though. And the renegade
manual, full source to vbbs, etc... but, that was ages and ages
ago. Hell, in the computer world, another lifetime ago.

I don't often run into dot matrix printers, aside from some very
specific jobs.


I see them often, usually in doctor's offices.

Did you miss the 'very specific jobs'?



No. I gave an example of one.

So you missed it then. I have a large variety of clients I provide
IT support for. Hence my comment 'very specific jobs'. Just to
clarify.


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On 15/6/2017 8:40 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:

IIRC serial was once the most common printer interface. I never had one,
but a lot of the old computer books had a lot about serial printers.

High-speed serial printers were used by mini-computers back then. I had
soldered a null-modem serial cable to connect a Printronics P300 serial
printer to a PC server running NetWare 386 when I was working in a
market research company in Hong Kong. That 132-column printer got a
noise-absorbing shield to keep it silent in an Office settings.

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On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:19:54 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:16:37 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

[snip]

For when signatures are required on forms, how many times do you
want to sign your name?


Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

On the other hand, I don't remember ever having to sign my name on a
form printed on fanfold paper.

Preprinted forms on fanfold. I can see that being used in
medical offices. I also read of a case years ago where a company -- I
can not remember the area -- had three computer and five printers.
Each printer was loaded with a paticular form.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko