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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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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)