Jean said"So I pushed a pencil with flat sides (hexagonal or octaconal proably) into the hole with "spikes" on the underside of the ribbon cartridge that wound the ribbon on when in the machine."
That's sort of what I was hoping to do - except they don't have the holes for the pencil! Because they were still available last summer, and she had given a cheque to a friend to order her half a dozen (but she hadn't got round to it), she was throwing away the used ones. Now she is down to only one spare, and friend has discovered she now can't get them. So we only have the one in the machine to play with, and the still new one. From what Jane said, that won't work anyway if it's a thermal ribbon. I think she may end up with a lap top, but it seems sensible to at least try to find some more ink for the unit she is used to using first. I don't think that there is anything on the disks that she wouldn't be able to copy type across into a new system - what we are trying to establish is whether she can get more cartridges and so it's worth typing more in, or whether she should conserve the remaining 50 or so's worth of printing that she has available for really important stuff while she sorts out an alternative. Many thanks for all the help and ideas. Jacquie in Lincolnshire, where the sun has come out at last. SSSSHHH, it obviously doesn't know it's a bank holiday weekend. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
