21 Oct
2008
21 Oct
'08
5:24 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 05:18:33PM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 21 Oct 2008 at 19:54, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Since I know I have some new-in-bag ribbons that will work with an ASR-33
(along with many classic dot matrix printers), and they are old enough that
I expect they are dried out, is there a better substance than WD-40 to
rehydrate the ink?
-ethan
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Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 22-Oct-2008 at 00:20 Z
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Anybody have opinions on spraying a ribbon with
WD-40?
If you've got a new-ish dry ribbon, it works, for at least a couple
of times. Very messy, however. It doesn't do that well on old worn
ribbons though.