[GreenKeys] Teletype Model 43 ribbon

[Gabriel Egan]

Dear Mike

If I made it worth your while financially,
any chance  of trying to do that to my ribbon?
I'd try it myself, but would be quite likely
to screw it up. We could agree an hourly rate
so that even if it turned out badly you'd
be recompensed for your time.

Regards

Gabriel



On 5/20/2016 12:28 AM, Michael Zahorik wrote:
 > I have a model 43 and tried to find a replacement ribbon but had no
 > luck. I then cleaned my old ribbons and sponge with alcohol and ironed
 > the ribbon smooth with a cool iron. I also had to replace a tension
 > spring for the ink sponge. I used some ink I found on eBay. This ink
 > will dry out if you don't use the printer regularly, but a little more
 > will refresh it. Worked for me.
 >
 > Mike Zahorik (414) 254-6768
 >
 >
 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > *From:* Gabriel Egan <mail at gabrielegan.com>
 > *To:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
 > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2016 9:59 AM
 > *Subject:* [GreenKeys] Teletype Model 43 ribbon
 >
 > Dear Greenkeyers
 >
 > I know it's not quite the technology preferred
 > by this list, but I've got hold of a Teletype
 > Model 43 and I wondered if anyone had expertise
 > to help me get it running correctly.
 >
 > It communicates with my Altair 8800 clone
 > computer perfectly, but the printing quality
 > is poor. The reason seems to be that the ribbon
 > isn't advancing. The ribbon comes out of a cassette
 > that is fixed to the body of the machine (doesn't
 > move with the printhead) and there doesn't seem
 > to be any machinery that would advance it. The
 > ribbon forms a big loop that is the width of
 > the platen and head its within this loop and
 > moves rightwards while the ribbon stays stationary.
 >
 > There are no rotating spindles on the ribbon cassette,
 > so any mechanism to advance it would have to haul
 > on the ribbon itself, but there doesn't seem
 > to be any such mechanism. It the printhead
 > itself supposed to drag the ribbon in some
 > way as it moves over it?
 >
 > Regards
 >
 > Gabriel Egan
 >
 >
 >
 >
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