Label printing

[JFK]

True they are the old labels and we use them for our office and use approx.
1500 for a list. It is dot matrix but they have worked without the pins. I
used to place them all the way to the right and it fed right into the
machine. As I stated, they had worked for the past 2 yrs on my HP with Word
3000 and prior to that with a Canon. The office has about 40 boxes of the
labels left and I guess we will try to use them until they are gone.(unless
I cannot get them to work again and then they will go into the garbage and I
will put in a requisition for new ones )

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

JFK

I just took a look at the price of dot matrix printers made by OKI and
Panasonic, thinking that it might be a good way to use your labels.. from
what I saw, it would be cheaper to dump the labels and get new stock..

 

[Uncle Joe]

Not only are dot matrix printers slow, noisy, and expensive,
but ribbons for same are almost imposible to find in stores.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Joe

One might have to order ribbons specially, but make no mistake, there are
some jobs, especially high speed bulk printing like electricity or telephone
company accounts, where a good dot matrix printer is the only way to go..

 

[Uncle Joe]

Mike,

Before retiring several years ago, I was the senior Information Technology
(all mainframes) capacity planning analyst for a Fortune 75 electric utility holding
(Georgia Power, Alabama Power, etc.) company in the southeast. We printed
3.2 million utility bills a month, and all were printed on massive, state-of-the-art
high speed IBM laser printers. BellSouth used the same printers we did. A dot
matrix printer wouldn't last a day in such a demanding print environment.

It's a given that dot matrix printers have a role in today's small businesses,
primarily where multiple copies of invoices are needed. However, I'd never
equate dot matrix printers with "bulk printing" and "high speed printing."

After retiring, I thought it would be "cool" to sell computers/printers at
CompUSA as a diversion from retirement. While in the store's Business Unit,
I had an opportunity to learn from customers. Most had migrated to inkjet
and laser printers. Very rarely, someone would come in seeking a dot
matrix printer ribbon. They were from very small businesses who depended
on multiple copies to operate their company. Most companies use databases
and have networked PCs, so they no longer need a copy of forms for each
department such as shipping, sales, and accounting. Dot matrix printers
are on the way out. It will take a few more years but they'll disappear.

Uncle Joe

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Give them to the employees to use for labeling the stuff in their attics and
basements. Time to move on. ;-)

 

[JFK]

Used a program called Label Maker on my HP inkjet and they worked perfectly.
Have never owned a dot matrix printer but have used these labels for 5 years
now. He still has about 15 boxes left so will be using them until they are
gone. But now that they work there is no problem.
Thanks all.