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Article #1635Re: Helpful Hint to Extend Useful Life of Printer Ribbons
From: salem
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1987 22:44
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1987 22:44
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In article <119@ritcv.UUCP> rsm6306@ritcv.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes: >Personally, I would prefer to re-ink my ribbons rather than rejuvinate them, >assuming the same amount of effort and mess is involved. >Would be interested in hearing about techniques others have used for reinking. The reason rejuvination with alcohol or WD-40 for my MX-80 ribbon is that the print heads impact only the center of the ribbon, so the ink at the edges is wasted until remobilized by the solvant. I don't really disagree with you, I only wish to add that new ribbons bleed ink onto the paper if the printer sits unused for a while between jobs. Bruce Salem -- Bruce B. Salem UUCP: hplabs!ames!spam!sri-unix!salem ARPA: salem@unix.sri.com SRI International PHONE: (415) 859-5334 PN309 333 Ravenswood St. Menlo Park Ca. 94025
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!sri-unix!salem From: salem@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.misc Subject: Re: Helpful Hint to Extend Useful Life of Printer Ribbons Message-ID: <1354@sri-unix.ARPA> Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 17:44:38 EST Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1354 Posted: Wed Feb 25 17:44:38 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 21:42:27 EST References: <1609@kitty.UUCP> <119@ritcv.UUCP> Reply-To: salem@sri-unix.UUCP (Bruce B. Salem) Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 19 Keywords: printer ribbons, extending life