28 Dec
2012
28 Dec
'12
11:07 p.m.
On 12/28/2012 02:12 PM, jim s wrote:
Or, run a single ribbon on a TTY for 3 1/2 years (no
budget) till you
could see it was almost white. I think the last few weeks it was mostly
printing oil on the paper.
It's been a long time, but I've had good luck with "odorless lamp oil",
which is essentially triple-filtered kerosene/paraffin. I think that
there's a branded version called "Klean Heat" that's almost the same
stuff. I use it as a lightweight lubricant (it has the viscosity of
water and will evaoprate with time). I always have a gallon or so
around here because wintertime power outages can last more than a day or
two and an oil lamp actually delivers quite a bit of light.
You might investigate getting some rubber stamp pad ink and apply it to
your dry ribbon. The old "Mac Inker" was a rig with a felt pad with a
reservoir that spread ink onto your slowly-moving ribbon. Motive power
was a small geared down (perhaps 4 RPM) synchronous motor.
--Chuck