If I ever had one I would have saved it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_wheel_printing
On Nov 27, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > You mean a daisy-wheel printer like one of these? > > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC2.A0.H0.Xdaisy+wheel+printer&_nkw=daisy+wheel+printer&_sacat=0 > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Mykle Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am working on some fancy typewriter-embossed mylar book covers, for copies >> of my most >> recent book "I, SLUTBOT". I hope to finish this in the next week or so, to >> sell during >> the Nondenominational Gift Season. >> >> I've worked with this medium before, and I really like the results. For >> instance, >> these business cards: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/myklemykle/sets/72157629107400724/) >> >> But for the sake of mass production I am starting to wish I had >> access to one of those old all-mechanical ASCII line printers, the kind we >> had in >> the computer lab when I was in college. Enormous, heavy, loud, fast, >> mechanical, >> they had a moving chain of typewriter keys that were struck by individual >> solenoids when they reached the appropriate point on the page. >> >> With such a printer, I could create an elaborate artwork in VI and stamp it >> onto mylar sheets, instead of having to hand-stamp every character on every >> cover with my Smith-Corona typewriter. >> >> Does anybody on this list know where I could find a line printer that still >> works? >> I would probably want to experiment with output a bit, and then run a final >> production of 20 or so sheets of mylar through it. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> -mykle- >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
