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by adventured 2592 days ago
> The retailers hated long receipts, because obviously that meant they needed to buy more till rolls.

Changing out the printer roll is very annoying as well, for a retailer's cashiers. It's slightly time consuming and it doesn't always go smoothly. It inevitably results in a customer having to wait longer, slowing the checkout process further. The less often that action is needed to be performed, the better.