Finn Gruwier Larsen wrote:
Ronald Ungemach skrev:
I noticed our shipping department has many different bills of lading
depending on what shipping company is being used. It is a multi-page
form which they have to type up on a electric typewriter. I know
OpenOffice will permit us to make forms but what about a carbon
form? I assume we would need a special printer rather than the ink
jet or laser jet printers. Do you know of any distribution or
company that might be able to address this issue?
Respectfully: Ron Ungemach
CNC programmer
Cleveland Track Material
What you need is a daisy-wheel printer; a rather old-fashioned type of
printer that prints much like an electric typewriter. They're probably
hard to get nowadays.
Another way to solve the problem would be to convince the shipping
companies that they should offer an electronic alternative to the
carbon forms; f. ex. Xforms, which can be handled in OpenOffice directly.
Regards,
Finn G. Larsen
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Ron,
A standard dot-matrix printer is typically used in such cases. (Much
faster that the daisy wheel type.) Epson and Okidata make some good
ones that are used in just the sort of environment you're talking about.
Now, I'm not familiar with Xforms that Finn mentions, but why not set up
some sort of electronic form entry database? That way, you only need to
print what you need. You'll still maintain the information for internal
audit/review (for reprinting or reporting later, perhaps by a scheduled
weekly or quarterly job.)
Regards,
Chuck
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