Re: Printer which can copy driver's license on one side and car registration card on another

On 11/23/2020 12:34 AM, micky wrote:
> In alt.comp.hardware, on Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:38:22 -0700, s <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
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>> A friend of mine is a small hotel owner in Florida and wants a printer
>> which can copy driver's license on one side and car registration card on
>> another and use only the required paper instead of 8.5 X 11 size paper.
>> His business is down because of the pandemic
>> so he is trying to save on paper, printer ink costs. For legal reasons,
> 
> I agree that he's not going to save much on paper or ink, esp. if he
> adds the cost of a new printer.
> 
> But if he can hold out to march and/or june, business should be picking
> up, including whachacallit, suppressed demand, both business and
> pleasure.  He may be able to even raise his rates and explain how little
> money he made, how much he lost last year.
> 
> But for an academic*** exercise, I'd consider a 2-sided printer**,
> printing both items on the top half of a page, making a hand-written
> notation on it of which guest it represents since it won't be
> immediately attached to the rest of the guest's records, then for the
> next or some future guest, reversing the paper, top to bottom, and
> printing on the other end.
> 
> 
> **Which I suspect he has already.  They're really great, and work so
> much better than I expected.

Thanks, he is doing it with a one-sided printer now. He copies the 
driver's license, then takes the blank side of copy and uses it for 
making a copy of car registration.
I appreciate the suggestion.
> 
> ***It was going to be academic, but I like it so much I think it's
> excellent and fully practical.
> 
> 
>> he has to make a paper copy of a customer's driving license and car
>> registration card when a customer checks-in to his hotel.
>>
>> I searched and did not see any printer model used by hoteliers
>>
>> Is there any printer for such custom needs?
>>
>>
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