Re-inking printer ribbons
Jason Howe
jason at smbfc.net
Mon Dec 14 19:13:54 CST 2015
On 12/13/2015 10:17 AM, william degnan wrote:
> I have found that most vintage ribbons can be replaced with new ribbons for
> new devices. Worst case you may find the right width but you'll have to
> re-thread to fit the vintage spindle. Just have to match the width.
>
> I recently bought new ribbons for Decwriter II and TI Omni 810 without any
> problem.
>
> Bill
>
I'm having this issue right now with a Panasonic printer. The black ink
ribbons are still a dime/dozen. The 4-color ribbons are NLA from
Panasonic and finding them is proving to get quite difficult.
I'd be more than happy to re-thread a cartridge, but where does one find
CMYK 1 inch fabric ribbon?
-Jason
More information about the cctalk
mailing list