[GreenKeys] Ribbon Ink

Thu, 06 May 2004 18:27:18 -0500

Tom,

Some of the milatary surplus ribbons are 30 or 40 years old and the ink does dry out. I've used WD-40 to revive them and it works, sometimes better than others. It seems like something with more oil in it would work better. There is a website that sells tubes of re-inking ink. I'd have to search my archives to find it though. While you can go to your local office supply store to buy replacement ribbons for about $3.50 each, if you have a lot of machines to restore or just want to stock up try this: Go to ebay and search for OKIDATA MICROLINE and look at the auctions to find ribbons for models 80, 82, 82a, 83, 83a, 90, 92, 93. Frequently a brand new case of 12 can be bought for about $6, shipping included! 

Dave, WW8S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Elmore" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:19:29 -0800
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [GreenKeys] Ribbon Ink

>    Just recently I purchased 6 new ribbons for my model 28ASR from an Ebay
> Auction. I installed
> one tonight but noticed there doesn't seem to be any ink on the ribbon. They
> were each wrapped in plastic so I doubt they dried out. Is there some secret
> to inking the ribbon ahead of time ?
> Thank You
> Thomas Elmore
> Anchorage, Alaska
> 
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