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To: RightGeek

Did you have to use an ink pad, or was the ink somehow integrated into the device?

The price guns I remember were all metal, like the rotary stamp you posted. All I could find on the Internet were plastic models, and even they looked like antiques. I keep forgetting I’m that old.


50 posted on 02/16/2021 1:25:34 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ )
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To: BykrBayb
The picture doesn't make it clear, but that thing that looks like a crossbar just above the number dials was a cup that held an ink pad.

In "resting" position, the numbers you set on the dials were flush against the pad getting inked. When you wanted to mark something, you pushed down on the handle and the numbers rotated 180 degrees (hence a rotary) to face the bottom and mark the item.

My career as a grocery clerk (a summer job in the late 60's) ended before the price labels arrived.

56 posted on 02/16/2021 6:57:12 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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