Continuous Roll printer like the old Centronics PC printers -- any such animal around

jimbo45 said:

Hi folks
Instead of messing about with A4 sizes of paper t5o organise spreadsheets with a large number of rows Is there anything equivalent to the old centronics printers that has a continuous paper feed and you could print a spread sheet "Sideways". Messing around with current EXCEL and A4 sheets is a real pain for what I need to do -- the old centronics type paper with holes at the edgees where the printer sprocket would engage and move the paper was really great if you needed lomg continuous prints.

Cheers
jimbo

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jimbo45 said:

Hi folks
Instead of messing about with A4 sizes of paper t5o organise spreadsheets with a large number of rows Is there anything equivalent to the old centronics printers that has a continuous paper feed and you could print a spread sheet "Sideways". Messing around with current EXCEL and A4 sheets is a real pain for what I need to do -- the old centronics type paper with holes at the edgees where the printer sprocket would engage and move the paper was really great if you needed lomg continuous prints.

Cheers
jimbo

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alsorg said:

You may be messing around around with A4 paper but the rest of us (and, probably the rest of the world) are making the most efficient use of the most efficient way of printing and getting oalong with the important things in life. Of course, probably, you know how to achieve better using Linux but, we have to question why you persist in using a Windows forum to promote a minority desktop solution. Perhaps it makes you feel superior - but that's your problem, isn't it.

You really are becoming an intolerable bore.

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alsorg said:

You may be messing around around with A4 paper but the rest of us (and, probably the rest of the world) are making the most efficient use of the most efficient way of printing and getting oalong with the important things in life. Of course, probably, you know how to achieve better using Linux but, we have to question why you persist in using a Windows forum to promote a minority desktop solution. Perhaps it makes you feel superior - but that's your problem, isn't it.

You really are becoming an intolerable bore.

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alsorg said:

You may be messing around around with A4 paper but the rest of us (and, probably the rest of the world) are making the most efficient use of the most efficient way of printing and getting oalong with the important things in life. Of course, probably, you know how to achieve better using Linux but, we have to question why you persist in using a Windows forum to promote a minority desktop solution. Perhaps it makes you feel superior - but that's your problem, isn't it.

You really are becoming an intolerable bore.

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jimbo45 said:

Nothing to do with Linux -- try and at least understand what is being posted about before ranting or pontificating on subjects you obviously know totally nothing or very little about. I doubt if you've ever needed a spreadsheet with more than 3 variables and 2 rows --even if you know what a spreadsheet actually is.

Problem is quite simple -- I want a spreadsheet of around 3,000 - 4,000 columns with only about 11 rows for each column which can be pinned along a large wall as a continuous sheet -- messing around with loads of A4's and sticking together with various sorts of tape etc is not a sensible solution. !!!

Those old Dot Matrix printers with the paper with punched holes could handle this type of printing !!! (even if the computers at that period probably would have taken 6 mths to run the calculations !!!!).

Try and work in some massive infrastructure Engineering / Scientific projects where this type of stuff is really needed --you can have 1000's of variables etc .

perhaps YOU should go back to using these again !

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Cheers
jimbo

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BunnyJ said:

Punch cards.. bite your tongue. I used those in High-school and I HATE THEM!!

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Winuser said:

I remember when we use to get coupons in the mail and they were on punch cards. Do not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. :)

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Almighty1 said:

Wouldn't a current printer that can handle roll paper do the same thing? I am sure there are still continuous form printers around as plenty of places still use them like UPS and FedEx when providing pre-printed airbills.

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bobkn said:

I checked earlier. Found lots of thermal label printers.

Not sure if there are current tractor feed printers that aren't dot matrix. (Leaving off band printers, if those still exist.)

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Almighty1 said:

Not talking about those but the ones from Epson that are in the Professional line, like the ones architects use to print blueprints.

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jimbo45 said:

Hi folks
Instead of messing about with A4 sizes of paper t5o organise spreadsheets with a large number of rows Is there anything equivalent to the old centronics printers that has a continuous paper feed and you could print a spread sheet "Sideways". Messing around with current EXCEL and A4 sheets is a real pain for what I need to do -- the old centronics type paper with holes at the edgees where the printer sprocket would engage and move the paper was really great if you needed lomg continuous prints.

Cheers
jimbo

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