Re: Plastic versus Paper Magnetic Stripe Tickets

["Mike Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

>>> The cost wouldn't be a lot more I don't think... printing the expiry
date
>>> would be a much greater problem for plastic :(
>>>
>>>  a bit of that stuff they put on credit cards to sign your name would be
fine,

> My Cityrail periodical keeps its writing fine. The area where the
>printer leaves its mark is coated to allow the ink to stick.

All well and good if the BOMs & TVMs use ink, but the Melbourne ones use
heat -sensitive tickets, and all printing is done thermally. So it may be a
little more complicated than people are imagining.


Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)