[GreenKeys] Paper (was Ribbons)

[Sheldon Daitch]

Dave,

That is a possibility.

Never tried it with an Extel.  Not sure if the printer head would work with two ply paper, but like I said, never tried it.

Sheldon

From: Dave Wade [mailto:dave.g4ugm at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:41 AM
To: Sheldon Daitch
Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net; Jim Haynes
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Paper (was Ribbons)


So you can get NCR paper, so you could use that on Ribbon-less tty and read the second copy.....

Dave
G4UGM
On 11 Dec 2014 08:38, "Sheldon Daitch" <SDAITCH at bbg.gov<mailto:SDAITCH at bbg.gov>> wrote:
Yep,  absolutely.

Essentially, a derivation of the no-carbon-required paper stock.

Sheldon

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From: Jim Haynes [mailto:jhhaynes at earthlink.net<mailto:jhhaynes at earthlink.net>]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:35 PM
To: Sheldon Daitch
Cc: Larry; greenkeys at mailman.qth.net<mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Paper (was Ribbons)


Now the Extel machines sometimes used ribbons and sometimes printed on special paper made by 3M that turned black when struck.  I assume that was a lot more expensive than plain paper, so I don't know why anyone would choose that kind of paper unless the printing volume was small.

It was described to me that it was like microscopic white eggs containing black ink that were on the surface of the paper, so that impact broke the eggs and released the black ink.  So far as I have been able to learn the special paper is no longer available, so an Extel printer without the ribbon feature is practically useless today.

jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
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