Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors 249
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from the goodbye-wite-out dept.
from the goodbye-wite-out dept.
SEWilco pointed out that the last typewriter factory has shut its doors. Indian typewriter manufacturer Godrej and Boyce stopped production today after 60 years. The company's general manager, Milind Dukle, says, "We are not getting many orders now. From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us."
Re:This is just not true (Score:5, Informative)
Re:This is just not true (Score:5, Informative)
I assume that this is the last *manual* typewriter factory.
Nope. Someone posted this comment there:
So, it appears to be a crap story. Moreover, WTF does this have to do with news for nerds
Re:Harry Potter (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Manual Typewriters Only. (Score:4, Informative)
Okidata Dot Matrix (9 pin) printer handles multipart forms quite well. It also does a decent job on mailing labels.
I use an HP Laserjet for printing my mailing labels. Works well as long as you don't buy inkjet only labels. Get the Laser Labels and you wont have probls.
Re:This is just not true (Score:3, Informative)
I took a look at the Royal Consumer Information Products site, [royalsupplies.com] and it seems like they're either no longer selling manual typewriters or are currently out of them, with no word as to when they'll have them back in stock.
Re:This is just not true (Score:5, Informative)
The other important use is that some famous writers love them rather than computers for whatever reason, some authors that slashdotters like might be some of those people.