[GreenKeys] source for new 1" paper tape?

[Don Robert House]

They were willing once in 2000 to make up tape for us but we needed to
make a large minimum order ... and of course there is the shipping  
problem.

Don

P.S.
I have used this loophole over the years and have done so again  
recently.

The rolls of paper and paper tape consist of nothing but paper.
According to the strict interpretation of current and past postal  
regulations...
You can ship a heavy case of paper via MEDIA MAIL if, in the middle, you
put two books that have no advertising in them.  They have to be bound
books.  I just received a case of 12 rolls of TTY paper from the west  
coast
in this manner.  Of course the outside of the box must be labeled BOOKS.




On 11 Jan 2009, at 9:59 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote:

On Sunday (01/11/2009 at 04:44PM -0600), Don Robert House wrote:
> Interesting that you mention making your own tape.  If you are  
> patient, you
> can do just that.
>
> Given a roll of paper one can design and built a slitter.  One of my
> friends did this for slitting paper tape into 3/8 inch for strip  
> printers.
> He started with a 8 mm home movie editor and modified it to do the
> slitting.  One company that used to manufacture paper rolls and tape
> was Maxwell Paper Co. in Texas.

They still exist:

http://www.maxwellpaper.com

and I've sent them an email asking if they still do teletype paper tape.
I'll let everyone know if and when they respond.

Thanks for the tip!

Chris

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Chris Elmquist
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