> but the thermal ribbons it used to print on plain paper were hard to come by. We bought them by the 1000. Each ribbon could only print 5 images, so our cust

> but the thermal ribbons it used to print on plain paper were hard to come by. We bought them by the 1000. Each ribbon could only print 5 images, so our customers burnt through them. I bet we made more money on selling ribbons than software :-) Was my fist software development job... so I have a warm spot for that machine.