[GreenKeys] AN/UGC-74B?

[Buzz]

A few years ago I saw a pallet of off brand test equipment at the DRMO and
several of the units had feet that melted just like the UGC-74 rollers.
So some chemical company came up with a bad formula.

Buzz


On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:59:14 -0500, you wrote:
>The goo has something to do with the ink in the ribbon spools, the  
>material used to make the platen, and lots of heat in storage.  I  
>have a couple of model 40 printers where the platens have almost  
>disappeared from the heated chemical reactions.  On the cartridge  
>ribbon units less of the ribbon is exposed and the platens seem to  
>last longer. I guess it is a little late for a factory recall!
>
>And as we used to say in the Navy... and this is no S--T!
>
>Don
>K9TTY