My Reply follows quote. On 20/02/2003 09:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AT) > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >I have 4 Imagewriter ribbons, 2 clearly used but 2 which were in >their original wrappings, but none works. Is it the ribbon or the >print head ? >If not the print head (Faintly discernable characters are visible >when the printer is run) >Is it possible to re-ink them ? >or refit new ribbons? >Any ideas ? > >Alistair Templeton -------------- Could be a couple of things. First, make sure that the selection lever is not set to envelope or some such.
If the print head makes an "impression" on the paper then is sounds like the ribbons may be dried up. In the "olden days" there were devices which could reink the ribbons. Haven't seen one for many years, but... As for refitting new ribbons, that could be a bit of a challenge. It is a sort of continuous loop inside the housing. I think you can still buy new cartridges for the things. One of the local Apple dealers still uses one to print invoices and such as it will do carbon copies rather well. Guess I will have to get my old Imagewriter II out and give it a test run. Noisy old clunker, but worked like a draft horse! Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
