[GreenKeys] Teletype ribbons

[John Nagle]

On 3/27/2013 11:51 AM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> In a message dated 3/27/2013 8:47:14 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
> Til128 at aol.com writes:
> 
> I swear by (not at) these people! 
> _http://www.neximaging.com/Product.asp?ID=7388_ 
> (http://www.neximaging.com/Product.asp?ID=7388)  
> It says purple but they send black. 
> And at a buck sixty nine for 6, it's a steal!
>  
> Plastic spools.  Might want to save your metal ones.

   I've updated my Teletype supplies page.

     http://www.aetherltd.com/supplies.html

I'm currently trying Scantracker SC-73 (black) ribbons.
Metal spools, and blacker printing than the Nukote
B76 ribbons.  I'm not sure how long the life is, so I
have a Model 15 printing away.

They're especially good for the Model 14 tape printers with
that paper tape I sell. That's rice-paper tape, stronger than
the original newsprint tape, but not as ink-absorbing.  With
a B76 ribbon, the typing wasn't as dark as it should be.
The Scantracker ribbon produces a nice black.

I don't have any late-model Teletypes, so I can't suggest
what works best in then.

			John Nagle