On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:39:49AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Lisi Reisz grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Monday 10 December 2012 09:55:28 Chris Bannister wrote: > >> Is it double sheeted with a carbon paper arrangement so the second sheet > >> is a carbon copy of the original? > > > > I've not come across that. I have only seen and used single "sheets". But > > there are many things in existence of which I have no knowledge, so ... > > Speaking as someone who's worked in mainframe shops (yes, mainframes > still exist :-) ), I can tell you that most of that multipart paper is > NCR ("no carbon required"), which is pressure-sensitive on the second,
Ahh, NCR, I remember that acronym as "National Cash Registers". Regarding the carbon paper, that is why I said "carbon paper arrangement" which, in my mind also, also covered the "pressure-sensitive" type. I now see that my phrase can also mean how the carbon paper is arranged! > third, etc., copy. Of course either carbon or NCR paper needs to be run > on a dot-matrix or other impact-type printer. High-speed laser printers > used in that environment (which do use the continuous tractor feed > green-bar paper) won't work for multipart paper. Well, at least not > past the top copy... :-) Or if you put the "pressure-sensitive" paper in the wrong way round. :) Not looking at anyone in particular (cough ... whistle), not meaning you David. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121210232151.GA11482@tal