On 23/03/2015 22:22, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:35:44
on Mon, 23 Mar 2015, remarked:
Shere (I think) ticket machines used to print receipts on ticket blanks.
Then they fitted tally roll printers, presumably because they worked
out it was cheaper.
It's all terribly complicated. All the machines print "collection
receipts" (for ToD purchases) on ticket stock. If you buy a ticket from
them, some will print the Credit Card receipt on ticket stock, and
others will print it on a tally roll.
When I've occasionally come across the 'smartcards / Oyster saves paper'
line spouted as a benefit, I think of the times I've come across great
stacks of discarded card receipts on standard ticket stock at TVMs in
the London area (in the ticket collection bin, sometimes piled up on top
of the machine, or in an untidy mess on the floor), a quick examination
of which shows many are receipts for PAYG topups.
Of course, with contactless payment now live many people will have
switched to just using their credit/debit card directly. That I think
can legitimately be said to be a paper saver.
Unless it's one of the three machines at Ely for several months recently
where the tally roll printer was broken.