preserving / ressurecting old docs?

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote: >--- John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote: >

This problem with the output from inkjet printers running and laser printers being unuseable for long-term storage is yet another example of the preponderance of poor-quality engineering and poor product quality foisted upon consumers by corporations. Have others here noticed an increasing proliferation of misleading and down-right deceptive advertising, and more wide-spread decreases in product quality ranging from disappointing to unuseable, over the past decade or so? I'm not just referring to computer equipment, but to products ranging from basic necessities such as food to more expensive items like automobiles. It seems like the more companies tout that ISO ?000, or whavever, "quality certification," the worse things seem to get, as do the prices, which seem to rise inversely with changes in product quality and convenience. I'll bet that many corporations have adoped, if you'll pardon the language, "screw the consumer and rake in the money" as their motto.