21 Oct
2008
21 Oct
'08
6:13 p.m.
On Tuesday 21 October 2008 20:23, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Fred Cisin <cisin at
xenosoft.com> wrote:
Because WD-40 is easier :)
I don't remember spraying a ribbon DIRECTLY with WD-40. The trick was to
spray the WD-40 into a ziplock bag, then put the ribbon cartridge in there,
and seal it for a day or two. The WD-40 vapors would cause the ink that was
already on the ribbon to soften and flow, and 'fill in' the spots where the
ink had been used up. It was a stopgap solution, and of course, does
nothing for a truly worn-out ribbon.
I'll have to remember that approach. I have a *pile* of dot matrix printers
that have been sitting around for a while, and only need to print out a test
page on each of them, to sell 'em.
Got plenty of WD40 at the garage where I'm storing this stuff at, too. :-)
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Anybody
have opinions on spraying a ribbon with WD-40?
If you're going to that effort, why not spray it with
INK?