I loved Geoworks. It did things on my 386 that Windows 3.1 had no hope of doing ever (like loading and working). Also, the banner program wasn't just useful with dot-matrix printers. I had an inkjet and remember many birthdays printing out banners for my family (we used Scotch tape to put them together). Good times.
Inkjets printed pages have to dry or the ink will smudge, so printers (at least those of that era) have a mechanism that holds the page for a few seconds before dropping it on the stack of completed pages.
There's a million ways you could make it work but the default way will lead to a big mess so the printers don't allow you to use continuous paper feed. It's kind of a niche feature anyway.
Never really thought about it, but the banners were rare (about four a year) so it wasn't a big deal. Also, the inkjet paper was conveniently around. :)
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I loved Geoworks. It did things on my 386 that Windows 3.1 had no hope of doing ever (like loading and working). Also, the banner program wasn't just useful with dot-matrix printers. I had an inkjet and remember many birthdays printing out banners for my family (we used Scotch tape to put them together). Good times.
Why didn't people load continuous feed paper into inkjets? It seems like it would have worked. I never tried it either.
Inkjets printed pages have to dry or the ink will smudge, so printers (at least those of that era) have a mechanism that holds the page for a few seconds before dropping it on the stack of completed pages.
Seems like having the banner pour over the edge of a table would give it enough time to dry, too.
There's a million ways you could make it work but the default way will lead to a big mess so the printers don't allow you to use continuous paper feed. It's kind of a niche feature anyway.
Never really thought about it, but the banners were rare (about four a year) so it wasn't a big deal. Also, the inkjet paper was conveniently around. :)