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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 13:15:33 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   • Paul Fenwick

   @pjf Ah, but let's not forget the ever-so-frustrating thing where you tear the perforations and they tear into the main sheet and then you have to print it again!

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     Paul Fenwick (pjf@cloudisland.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 13:15:34 JST Paul Fenwick

     I'm sorry if you're of the generation that's never used a dot-matrix printer. I still remember mine from the 80s and 90s, and they were dope AF:

     - Made cool sounds when printing

     - Paper as a perforated form-feed, and tearing the perforations after printing was *so* satisfying

     - You could re-ink your own ribbons with whatever ink you had at hand

     - Manufacturer wasn't trying to screw you at every possible term

     - Software focused on birthdays cards and banners, not "business" or "out of cyan"