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[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 1 points 22 minutes ago

I can hear that smaller image.

Getting a clean tear off the perforated ribbons was so satisfying.

[–] LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

They sound cool. That's all you need to know.

[–] blkvvvs@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah, what you need is one of these.

[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Meh. Wake me up when you get a daisy wheel printer. Actually, never mind, the printer will wake me up.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 22 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You should print 28 boxes of 3-part forms on a dot matrix printer. Then decollate the bottom page and trim the right edge off of all of them.

You will certainly not regret printing/decollating/trimming 28 boxes of 3-part forms every month for ten years.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Just think of all the fun stuff you can do with the paper ribbons you tear off! That absolutely makes up for any and all pain and suffering endured in the process!

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I print so rarely I feel like the ink would dry out and I wouldn't notice until it was too late.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

Perfect usecase for dot matrix printers then. I print max once a year, good to know I have something that works

[–] outlawcarl@fedinsfw.app 3 points 4 hours ago

You would press print and it would just print

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Re inking ribbons for the win!

[–] xrun_detected@programming.dev 5 points 5 hours ago
[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

For carbon copy paper, of course. Inkjets don't work for that.

https://youtu.be/KpBLP75ZGpk

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

For reliability, of course. I can always whip out my OKI, whenever the other printers has issues. 100% of the time it works every time.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 4 hours ago

I used to work in tech support in the 90s. No, dot matrix printers do not have some magical reliability aura. Despite almost all our printers being dot matrix, printer issues still accounted for ~60% of the trouble tickets.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

For a while I was a certified Oki printer service technician.
Those things were fun to repair!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

They were NOT fun to remove wayward labels from.