Re: Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Seymour J Metz
I'm old enough to know that greenbar paper is 120 columns. There's also 144, still on impact printers. The compressed dump format for the 3800 squeezes in considerably more. Except when there is a legal requirement for carbon paper or NCR copies, doesn't everybody use plain paper with a forms

Re: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Billy Ashton
sage -- From "Clifford McNeill" To IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date 6/8/2022 3:25:37 PM Subject Re: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days? Now you need a de-collator. On 6/8/2022 1:09 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: GIYF or duck duck go or whatever your search engine of cho

Re: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Clifford McNeill
Now you need a de-collator. On 6/8/2022 1:09 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: GIYF or duck duck go or whatever your search engine of choice. Not only is greenbar paper still available (Staples, anyone?) but you can even still get it in carbon paper (shudder

Re: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Pommier, Rex
GIYF or duck duck go or whatever your search engine of choice. Not only is greenbar paper still available (Staples, anyone?) but you can even still get it in carbon paper (shudder). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Wednesday

Re: Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Bfishing
wer, of course, is that if a > computer programmer is old enough he knows 132 characters is the usual > width > of the old greenbar paper, and 66 is half of that. > > But it led me to wonder. Punch cards are now an expensive antique. Do > they > even make greenbar paper any m

Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Bob Bridges
s is the usual width of the old greenbar paper, and 66 is half of that. But it led me to wonder. Punch cards are now an expensive antique. Do they even make greenbar paper any more? Does anyone know? Just curious. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* ...The New York Times

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread Brian Westerman
I've got several boxes of the greenbar and 1 of them is specifically two sided (it says so on the outside of the box as well), the rest (the normal ones) are only one sided. I have multi-part greenbar as well and the first layer is two sided and the rest appear to be single sided. I don't

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread efinnell15
Rubber stamps...for cancellation? That stuff has gotten expensive. In a message dated 07/19/13 01:51:45 Central Daylight Time, brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com writes: I don't know why, there isn't anything to print on the back side with

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread Lloyd Fuller
It depends upon the manufacturer of the paper.  Most did not, but I saw a few boxes that did.   Lloyd From: Phil Smith p...@voltage.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:31 PM Subject: Greenbar Settle a debate: did greenbar paper

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread Phil Smith
Brian Westerman saved my sanity with: I've got several boxes of the greenbar and 1 of them is specifically two sided (it says so on the outside of the box as well), the rest (the normal ones) are only one sided. I have multi-part greenbar as well and the first layer is two sided and the rest

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread Steve Conway
One side only. You had to turn the feed around to print Snoopy, calendars, and so on. :-) Cheers,,,Steve Steven F. Conway, CISSP LA Systems z/OS Systems Support Phone: 703.295.1926 steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:47:19 -0500, efinnell15 wrote: Long ago and far away our Director got several hundred boxes of 'Greenbar' at GSA in Anniston for like 10 cents a box. Nice paper easy to load and fold. After a few days the security officer issued a cease and desist. It had 'Top Secret

Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Phil Smith
Settle a debate: did greenbar paper have the bars on both sides of the paper? A colleague and I remember it differently (I won't tell you which way I'm arguing, lest I tempt anyone). Once we have an answer, I'll explain how this came up! ...phsiii

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Gerhard Adam
: Greenbar Settle a debate: did greenbar paper have the bars on both sides of the paper? A colleague and I remember it differently (I won't tell you which way I'm arguing, lest I tempt anyone). Once we have an answer, I'll explain how this came up! ...phsiii

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Walter Davies
Our current supply of greenbar has lines on one side only. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Phil Smith p...@voltage.com wrote: Settle a debate: did greenbar paper have the bars on both sides of the paper? A colleague and I remember it differently (I won't tell you which way I'm arguing, lest

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
2:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Greenbar Settle a debate: did greenbar paper have the bars on both sides of the paper? A colleague and I remember it differently (I won't tell you which way I'm arguing, lest I tempt anyone). Once we have an answer, I'll explain how this came up

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
l...@garlic.com (Anne Lynn Wheeler) writes: not any I saw ... we use to feed 2741 terminals with greenbar paper reversed ... printing on the backside which was white. HONE systems ... some past posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#hone were setup shortly after 23Jun69 unbundling

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread efinnell15
Long ago and far away our Director got several hundred boxes of 'Greenbar' at GSA in Anniston for like 10 cents a box. Nice paper easy to load and fold. After a few days the security officer issued a cease and desist. It had 'Top Secret' pre-printed in the margins...well we'll print

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
One sided... On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 9:47 AM, efinnell15 efinnel...@aol.com wrote: Long ago and far away our Director got several hundred boxes of 'Greenbar' at GSA in Anniston for like 10 cents a box. Nice paper easy to load and fold. After a few days the security officer issued a cease

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Linda Mooney
We always used low bit green bar, so we got it from many different vendors.  I was always one-sided. Linda - Original Message - From: Phil Smith p...@voltage.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:31:12 PM Subject: Greenbar Settle a debate: did

Re: Greenbar

2013-07-18 Thread Linda Mooney
That was low BID.  Linda - Original Message - From: Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:51:00 PM Subject: Re: Greenbar We always used low bit green bar, so we got it from many different vendors.  I was always one