On Tue 11 May 2021 at 00:17:12 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I use a dot-matrix printer with tractor feed to print self-adhesive > > address labels. There is no formatting; just several lines of plain > > text, one address per file. There is no driver; the printer is > > managed by CUPS to receive "raw" data. I print labels using the "lpr" > > command. > > And the year is 1998 :D
You can go back two more decades. I recall writing a stand-alone program to print a learned society's mailing labels on a Decwriter. For me it was an exercise, as I had only written OS360/370 assembler to extend FortranIV until then. For the subscription secretary, it enabled a faster turnround as we didn't have to persuade the operators to load sticky labels on their busy lineprinters. Less waste too: I still have clean fanfold labels that they jettisoned after lining up the lineprinters all those years ago. Cheers, David.
