On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:44:10 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson)
wrote:
> Hi Sam, Alejandro, et al,
> I believe the Radio Shack line
> printer Alejandro is talking about had no cartridge. It
> was really a Centronics printer and the "cartridge" was
> part of the printer and not disposable. The bare ribbon
> had to be Very Carefully inserted in the "cartridge".
> I used to be able to buy these ribbons but I dont know
> if they are still available. I still have the printer
> but the rubber on the feed rollers went bad and I was
> never able to replace them. It's a rugged machine but
> it has no tractor and it only prints in caps and one
> font.
> Eric
> Sam Heywood wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:18:11, Alejandro Lieber wrote:
>>> Here in Argentina I have been buying new dot-matrix ribbons for 15
>>> years.
>>> They cost ~ U$S 2.00 each.
>>> Nearly every dot-matrix ribbon plastic case can be oppened and closed
>>> several times.
>>> It only takes some minutes to replace a new ribbon in an old case.
>>> I have been doing this reloading in Epsons LX810 and a 1980 Radio
>>> Shack LPVI.
>> Hola Alejandro:
>> Very interesting! As far as I know, dot-matrix ribbons are not available
>> in the USA except as supplied pre-loaded in a new case.
>> Does anyone else know otherwise? If so, then please tell us about it.
>> All the best,
>> Sam Heywood
Hi Sam and all interesting...
My first ribbon printer was an ITHO (Japan) and the ribbon it used was
ordinairy type writer ribbon , not in a case, just loading from the full
to the empty spool. This was easy re-inking.
For my NEC P2200 printer the only ribbon available overhere is
pre-loaded in a new case... but the case has a knob to spool the ribbon
through (endless ribbon) and I use a small brush, like artists use for
painting, to 'wet' the ribbon with the ink/paraffine-oil mixture.
The case is not opened, the gap for the printhead is used.
Well... dirty fingers and a dirty kitchen sink... but good and lasting
printing, almost like a new cartridge. Pitty the fabric of the ribbon is
not lasting forever.
Bastiaan
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