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Originally Posted by Texas Fire
I keep mine in a dark area, free from moisture or anything...Still no luck on soooooome...
TF
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Hi,
I've worked in a few shops back in the day and you'll probably find that 90% of your receipts are heat based - ie the paper is heat sensitive and the heat has applied the text - what this means is that you can store them in a dark room and they'll fade due to the temperature - cold temperatures cause the receipts to turn white, hot temperatures cause them to turn black/grey/dark.
There's really no way to preserve them (even if you laminated them I believe the heat sensitive properties will still apply - I don't think there's any reaction with the air for example).
As others have suggested you can scan them in, and take lots of pictures of things but that's about it.
Not all receipts are like this, but in the UK every computer game shop I've worked in and bought items from have this type of receipt printing system.
TMM