Posted by Dan Birchall on October 25, 2009, 11:07 am
albundy2@mailinator.com (Al) wrote:
> > http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09335.html
>
> So far the failure rate is 1:300,000. Be careful everybody. Danger
> lurks.
Eh, there was a lot of fuss over the 1:11,000,000 rate of reports of
iPods catching fire. 1:300,000 is more likely than being struck by
lightning. ;)
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Posted by Gene S. Berkowitz on December 26, 2009, 10:27 pm
says...
> Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> > noway@nohow.never says...
> >> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:08:58 -0800 (PST)
> >>
> >>> I still remember my old Star NX-1000 dot matrix printer. Used regular
> >>> typewriter style ribbon, worked great for generating hard copies of
> >>> command line output. Do they still make line printers these days?
> >> Do you have a credit/debit card receipt in your pocket? -Dave
> >
> > Epson, Okidata, Tally Genicom (formerly Mannesman Tally) all
> > still make dot matrix impact printers. Star Micronics only makes
> > impact receipt printers. Their website says:
> >
> > "The demand for dot matrix printers has remained somewhat steady
> > in the face of the growing popularity of thermal printers.
> > Besides costing less to operate, dot matrix printers offer some
> > features that are not available with thermal printers.
>
> Really? Name one.
Making multi-form dye-transfer ("carbon") copies that require
impact? Receipts in Braille? Thermally stable printing?
Oh, sorry, that was three.
--Gene
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> So far the failure rate is 1:300,000. Be careful everybody. Danger
> lurks.