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From: flowers@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Margot Flowers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Deskwriter ink (was: LaserPrinters)
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Date: 4 Dec 90 21:31:56 GMT
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>There is absolutely no truth to this.  This ink is still and will continue
>to be on the market.  The old ink (the stuff that did smear when wet) is
>being taken off (when its gone, its gone), but the new ink is here to stay.

Does anyone know for sure how "smudge-resistant" the new ink is?
Specifically, I'm wondering about the security of using it for
printing checks.  Is the printing now more securely fixed on the page
with the new ink?

The reason I'm asking is that someone I know had an HP salesman show
him that the old ink can be erased off of checks.  The salesman told
him that one should use Krylon (spray fixative) to make the old ink
secure for use on checks.

Margot Flowers 
Flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU 
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