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I did too but the printers were still dot matrix with ink ribbons then.




I rarely see thermal printers at grocery checkouts. Almost all that I see are ink.

What country is this? I haven’t seen a dot matrix printer at a store in a decade.

Fun fact: when Apple first opened retail stores, they printed receipts on big Lexmark laser printers, 8.5x11, on VERY nice paper, like resume paper, it was absurd how nice and thick the paper was. It was preprinted with return policies etc on the back (and maybe a color Apple on the front?) It only lasted a few years like that and they eventually got cheap thermal printers installed.




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