On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 06:41 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 09:11 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
>> Ric Moore wrote:
>>
>>> Among the things I wonder about, I wonder how they can sell a cartridge
>>> without noting the amount of fluid the cartridge contains? It would be
>>> nice for costing purposes. A damn can of frozen orange juice has to
>>> list the amount of it's contents. Why not an ink cartridge?? :) Ric
>>
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=acti...
>>
>
> I ran that search on an HP92 and found that the cartridge is good for 175 pages @ 20
bucks!!
> Jeeeeeesus. My Teletype 43 would print several cases of paper before
> even starting to dim. Sure, print quality is hugely better, but not by
> that wide a margin.
wayward4now.net will be back up once the satellite
> is installed. Then, I'll pang on some heads. :) Ric
>
How would a photo look printed on your Teletype 43?
Ha! I had an NEC SpinWriter that could use a routine to hammer, using
the period (.), out a graphic. BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!!
The printer damn near shook itself off the printer table. I forgot that
I had a carbon ribbon in it and it ate that up during the process. Cloth
ribbons tended to last forever, until you pounded it into submission
with periods doing pictures. :) Ric
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