[NTLUG:Discuss] Dot Matrix Printer

[Greg Edwards]

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> >


> > I like the wide printers for code and I would like to replace this thing
> > with something useful.
> 
> I've not seen a dot matrix printer for *years*...compared to a laser printer
> (or even an el-cheapo inkjet), the noise and low quality of a dotmatrix printer
> make them pretty non-competitive these days.
> 
> When I print code (which is *VERY* rarely), I just dump it out in landscape
> mode - with a reasonable font, you can comfortably get 132 columns.
> 

I guess maybe I'm just to old school.  IMHO, there's no substitute for a
listing on continuous feed wide paper for hand checking code.  Don't
have to worry about mixing pages, lots of room to write notes.  Writing
in 80 column drives me nuts even though that's the way I write for
clients since 90% of them don't use line printers.  Comments in 80
column are a pain if you want it to be readable and explain whats going
on.  And last but not least getting a hard copy of 10,000-15,000 lines
of code spread out amoung 20-40 source files from a laser or inkjet is
totally impractical.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com