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Old 07-05-2015, 01:44 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's awful, isn't it? Laser printers and inkjet printers just don't make the same delightfully deafening "SCCCRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCHHHHHHH" dragging-fingernails-down-a-blackboard sound that dot matrix printers did. Printing just doesn't seem right without it .

Personally I have a small blackboard set up alongside my inkjet printer to allow me to re-create that authentic printing experience.
Remember the 'Band Printer' Music era? Blue Danube anyone
(For those who were not around: The letters were on a spinning belt looped the width if the paper. As the letter came into position, a 'hammer' struck the backside. Depending on the area of the letter and repetition, you perceived a tone)
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