Charlie,
My dot-matrix printer was for the old Mac plus I had, which I also recycled
after I switched over to a PC. So, having a dot matrix printer is not enough
unless you also have a computer that can use it.

It tends to get expensive when you start using custom made ribbons, etc. I
think I'll stick to a Pigma pen whose inks are ethanol insoluble or to an
old fashioned pencil that neither dissolves in alcohol nor fades in light.

Aydin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHARLES F STURM [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, 01 February, 2002 10:40 AM
> To: Orstan, Aydin
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Alcohol insoluble printing ink
>
>
> Aydin,
>   I found a dot matrix printer that a friend had in his
> basement, unused.
> The company-made ribbons use a water soluble ink however.  I'm looking
> into some custom inked ribbons or other printer/cartridge combos.
>
> Regards,
> Charlie
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> Charlie Sturm, Jr
> Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
>                      Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
> Pittsburgh, PA
> Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
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> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Orstan, Aydin wrote:
>
> > Are you serious? I haven't seen one of those daisy wheels
> in decades & got
> > rid off my dot matrix printer years ago!
> >
> > Aydin
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joan Jass [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Friday, 01 February, 2002 10:03 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Alcohol insoluble printing ink
> > >
> > >
> > > The best printer to use is daisy wheel or dot-matrix with the
> > > cartridge
> > > ribbon equipped with ethanol-resistant ink.
> > >
> > > Joan Jass, Milwaukee Public Museum, [log in to unmask]
> > >
> >
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