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Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer (aschmelyun.com)
submitted 1 month ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Man, I wonder if it’s challenging to source a steady supply of paper for that thing…

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And ink?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

*ribbons

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Haha yeah also that.

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apparently not... Is it somehow still widely used. It's the most likely paper to give you paper cuts though https://physicsworld.com/a/researchers-cut-to-the-chase-on-the-physics-of-paper-cuts/

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Airlines still use it for log books and reports.

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Wild would never have guessed. Maybe because it’s possible for it to print as a continuous sheet, and I guess it comes in big rolls, etc.