21 Oct
2008
21 Oct
'08
2:21 p.m.
On 21 Oct 2008 at 14:39, Richard wrote:
Earlier on the thread, some success was reported for
re-inking a
ribbon, although the results were less than what you'd get with a new
ribbon.
If you have an existing ribbon cartridge, I'd say re-inking is going
to be your best bet at this point.
Not exactly what I had in mind. I've had some oddball ribbon carts
in the past and have scavenged the ribbon from more widely-available
carts and used it to refill the hard-to-get-ones, bringing them
essentially back to like-new condition.
I've had less-than-wonderful results with re-inking, particularly
where the polyester fabric of the ribbon has been worn away.
I've got some large HP-style line-printer carts that are stuffed with
single-strike film ribbon for NLQ use that I've found can be refilled
with ordinary typewriter (IIRC, IBM Selectric) film ribbon quite
successfully.
In the case of fabric ribbon as an endless loop, ends can be
ultrasonically welded or even stitched together.
Cheers,
Chuck