Also, there
are times when I have to fill out a form or something
else and its really just *much* more efficient to power on a
typewriter and bang it out in a few seconds than it is to [use the
computer].
I turn on my trusty 20-year-old Tandy 200 (immediate), the
printer's
*always on* and does text, Postscript, PCL6, Diablo, and lord knows
what else, bang on a keyboard *nearly* as good as a Selectric [...]
including repairing mistakes, print the sucker out, and hand the copy
to whomever needs it. Much faster than a typewriter *for me*.
Not, I daresay, when you have a paper form to fill out. Then you have
all the registration issues of making sure each bit of text prints out
in the correct place on the page to fall into its field on the form,
without the benefit of being able to just adjust it on-screen until it
fits.
Unless you first go to the trouble of scanning the form, which
significantly increases the time required - at least in my experience.
And if the form involves carbon (or carbonless "carbon") copies, you
_need_ a pressure-based writing device (pen, typewriter, impact printer
of some kind, etc, but not the laser or inkjet I imagine any device
that does PostScript or PCL6 is).
Typewriters are not for everything. But for a job where it *is* the
right answer, there's very little else that will do.
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