Re: Printing addresses on a #10 envelope (US)?

["Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org>]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 09:24:48PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2021 10 May 16:05 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > I use a dot-matrix printer with tractor feed to print self-adhesive
> > address labels.  There is no formatting; just several lines of plain
> > text, one address per file.  There is no driver; the printer is
> > managed by CUPS to receive "raw" data.  I print labels using the "lpr"
> > command.
>
> Oh wow, memories!
>
> In the summer of 1990 while going to electronics school I bought a
> Panasonic KX-P1124 24 pin dot matrix printer.  That set me back a few
> hundred bucks at the time but it was worth it to be able to submit near
> letter quality lab reports and schematic drawings.
>
> I used it for several years afterward until I bought a Deskjet (one and
> done with that tech) and then bartered my way into a laser printer.  I
> don't recall if I gave the '1124 away or sent it to recycling several
> years ago.  :-(

It is cheap; it is easy and simple for one-off jobs (For labels I use
the editor "nano".); a box of 5000 tractor-feed labels lasts for ever,
even if you must print two or three duplicates to get to the tear-off
point.  The only down-side is the table space (I leave mine set up),
and the fact that if you don't use it every few weeks, the ribbon
dries out a little.  My OKI Microline 320 connects via USB.

RLH