Do you remember this word?

Help! I've forgotten what this is called...

Back in the old days (like, twenty years ago) shopkeepers used to place credit cards in a machine with carbon paper. Then they'd slide the top portion over the card with a kachunk-kachunk noise, and you'd have a carbon copy of the card.

So... what were these carbon slider machines called? Does anyone here remember? I've been asking friends and they all seem to have forgotten.

 

I never knew there was a special name for them.

 

does this help?
http://www.merchantequip.com/merchant-account-blog/102/the-history-of-credit-card-terminals

 

Yay! That's awesome. Thank you!

Manual imprinter, that's lots better than saying, "The kachunk-kachunk machine". :lol:

 

We still have one of those at our store (for use when our card readers go down).

 

LOL!!!!

I am getting old!

For a minute I thought that it was less than 20 years ago because I used one when I worked at Blockbuster Video when I was 18 years old. I counted back and that WAS 20 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!! :lol: :shock:

Oh well! Now I can share with my future grandchildren how we old folks swiped credit cards. lol