Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room]

[Alexandre Souza]

It works if you have a good (but out of ink) ribbon/cartridge. But if you
doesn't, do as I said :)

2015-06-24 23:40 GMT-03:00 <steven at malikoff.com>:

> Thirty years or so back I used to have a device called a 'MacInker' with
> which I re-inked the ribbon spools for my OKI Microline 84 dot matrix
> printer.
> This was a plastic plate with legs. It had a very slow rpm motor (perhaps
> 10rpm?) driving an upward-facing spindle which would engage in the spool.
> The ribbon ran against a cylindrical ink reservoir with a tiny hole in it,
> where it would be drawn onto the ribbon. The ribbon was guided by adjusting
> two O-rings on the reservoir. It was a universal device (the name had
> nothing to do with Macintoshes) for printers, teletypes and typeriters and
> came with a few pins and spares to suit different spools or catridges. I
> recall the ink was thicker and more oily than modern inkjet ink, sort of
> like what
> a stamp pad has. It was also very messy to operate, ink went everywhere as
> it continued to drain out the pin hole in the cylinder.Original MacInkers
> seem to still be available (Google images finds a few) but it certainly
> would not be difficult to build a workalike device from Lego or a junked
> Microwave oven turntable motor.
>
> Steve.
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Re: Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room]
> From:    "Alexandre Souza" <alexandre.tabajara at gmail.com>
> Date:    Thu, June 25, 2015 7:13 am
> To:      "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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> >
> >     Get a printer ribbon from another printer, take the ribbon from the
> > cartridge and put it on the cartridge of your printer.
> >
> >     Some printers in Brazil I gotta do this, or else.
> >
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pontus Pihlgren" <pontus at Update.UU.SE>
> > To: <jwsmail at jwsss.com>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
> Posts"
> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 5:19 AM
> > Subject: Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room]
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:14:00PM -0700, jwsmobile wrote:
> >>> The only reference I could find that separated them are to google
> >>> for the printer ribbons.  I find a lot of the companies who list
> >>> ribbons don't purge their databases of even the most ridiculously
> >>> old products, and they list models.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I just experienced the same thing with my newly found DATASAAB D16.
> >> Google turns up three worthwhile mentions and whole host of ribbon
> >> resalers.
> >>
> >> I kind of assumed that the printer ribbon was the same as something else
> >> and still awailable. Assuming I am wrong, what should I do to get a
> >> printer ribbon with fresh ink?
> >>
> >> /P
> >
> >
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