Not seen one of those for ages, These days, at least in the UK, Credit Cards seem to come attached to a standard letter with a blob of sticky stuff...
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 11 November 2016 23:01 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape > > The machine that is used where I'm referring to cuts from a roll about 2 cards > wide. The system also has to be able to merge up to four sheets together > per form as the real product is for the full size credit card forms that one > uses > with either NCR paper, or with carbon. They can handle both. > > they print with offset plates onto the stock, and not with the types of > cylinders I've seen. The Holerith card stock was made by taking an actual > card, and measuring it and making a die to cut to that size, and scanning the > image on the card. not a big difference from the cards that are used in full > sized credit card machines. > > The machine is about 15' or more long, 2' wide and probably 10' high. > Multiple stock roll holders can be positioned depending on the number of > forms being laminated for the run, so the setup can get pretty large. > > I don't know how many lines they had, but there were several of the > machines. Not sure I've got any photos, any I have were when I had a film > camera, quite some time ago if I have any. > > thanks > jim > > On 11/11/2016 2:46 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > CHM has one, and a collection of printing cylinders > > > > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102670869 > > > > On 11/11/16 2:03 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > > > >> Somewhere I have a photo of the machine that IBM used to make punch > cards. > >> It's in a small museum in Endicott, NY. It did indeed take a roll of > >> paper made to IBM specs and produce the flat punch cards many of us > >> know and some subset of those, love. It hadn't been run in years when I > saw it. > >> > >