On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Jules Richardson < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Has anyone had any luck re-inking printer ribbons? > > I spent a few minutes looking at this Vic 1525 printer that I got the > other day - turned out that the carriage was just gummed up and there was a > blown fuse in the PSU section (probably related to the former problem). > > Of course the ribbon is completely dried out. I'd originally intended for > the printer to be a static "Hey, that looks neat" item, but looking at it > briefly, it's a good example of how to make a printer as cheaply as > possible, so I'm wondering if there's a way of breathing life back into the > ribbon so that it can print again in all it's noisy, glacially-slow glory > :-) > > I don't care if it's not as black as an original ribbon would have been - > it just might be nice if it was able to print something legible. > > cheers > > Jules > 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 -- Bill
