[GreenKeys] "I'm not a cop, but I play one on TV!"

[drlegendre .]

" If you want to worry about small details in movie props you will never
rest."

Oh, without a doubt.. we should be happy it wasn't an Epson MX-80 (with a
Taiwanese ribbon from eBay).

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Wayne Durkee <teletypeparts at comcast.net>
wrote:

> At Western Union they were all black COTTON ribbons. B-72 Nukote's I
> think.
>
> There were some purple ones used in stock tickers. I used to come home
> with blue fingers till I got better at the work. The tickers had a inking
> attachment to keep the print dark. A total pain to work on.
>
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
>
> > On January 7, 2017 at 10:40 AM Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I believe Teletype originally used cotton ribbons, because they hold
> > the most ink and that's what the users wanted. I believe the nylon
> > ribbons were recommended for the later machines which needed more
> > durable ribbons. The Model 15 parts book shows 7835 ribbon, black.
> > Model 32/33 uses 181129 ribbon, but doesn't say if it is nylon or
> > cotton. Then the press associations and W.U. had their own choices of
> > ribbons, sometimes using purple instead of black.
> >
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