[GreenKeys] Purple ribbons

[wa2hwj at att.net]

ZCZC

Everyone should realize that the TTY purple ribbons had a tendency to stain
the machinery and anything nearby. I recall seeing Model 15's and 28's
that had become completely purple inside and there was no way to get
rid of the stain.  It eventually wears off your skin...but not your clothes.

(You won't see Billy May rubbing purple teletype ribbon stains on clothing
while doing his informercial demos for Oxy-Clean!!!)  

Jack K0TTY

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-------------- Original message from Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>: -------------- 


> Some Extel printers use an inked ribbon. Others use a special paper, 
> developed by 3M, in which the ink is held in little capsules on the 
> surface of the paper and pressure breaks them. I would imagine the wire 
> services used inked ribbons because of the cost of the ink encapsulated 
> paper. I haven't been able to find any of the paper recently. 
> 
> 
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> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net 
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