> The only other terminal I worked > with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal (4010 > or 4014, IIRC). The Tek printer wasn't built-in, but it did take a > scan of the live screen, so that was similar. The paper was > silver-grey and I remember it coming out wet too. Everything else I > worked with was either thermal or dot-matrix impact, and could only > capture text as it arrived at the terminal, not a screen image.
The tektronix printer (or 'copier' as they called it) was photographic. The paper was light-sensitive, and went past the screen of a 'flat' CRT (I think it only had deflection plates for one axis, the 'deflection' in the other direction coming from the paper movement). It really was an odd-looking tube. IIRC the image was developed by heating the paper. I don't remember any liquids involved, but it's been a long time since I looked at the manual for one and even longer since I've seen the actual device -tony
