[GreenKeys] M14/15/19 Ribbons

[Joe Clanin]

All,

Buy your ribbons from Jim Cooper! https://bit.ly/TTY-stuff

Best,

Joe

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, October 27, 2025 7:08 am, John Spigel wrote:
> > I use SCM SC20 ribbons. Walmart on line has 6 for 29.95.  These have
> > rivets and print well.
> >
> > Beware, some cheap universal ones I bought from Amazon were dry and some
> > have no rivets. If you don't mind getting fingers dirty you can buy and
> > crimp on your own rivets and swap spools for metal ones if you don't like
> > plastic.
> >
> > 73, John W1AN
> >
>
> Thanks for the info! I can't find them at that price at Walmart.com. Also,
> they do not say what the ribbons are made of. I REALLY LIKE nylon ribbons
> better than cotton. The cotton ribbons shed clogging the type making my
> model 15 print blobs instead of characters. The nylon ribbon keeps the
> print clean. I also use the Telemethod reinker (
> https://w6iwi.org/rtty/15reinker/ ) to keep print dark.
>
> It's interesting that the Walmart pages say " If you want New Fresh Ink
> Ribbons,  stop the search and buy PRINTER RIBBON DEPOT..."Every Ribbon You
> will Ever Need".
>
> Going to https://www.printerribbondepot.com/ and searching on SC20 returns
> no results.
>
> There IS a Printer Ribbon Depot store on eBay at
> https://www.ebay.com/str/printerribbondepot . Again, I do not see a
> description of what the ribbon material is.
>
> The eBay store also says:
>
> FREE SUPPORT is offered from an English Speaking Grouchy Old Retired Navy
> Vet that worked on Teletypes and Typewriters while serving his country (my
> dad).
>
>
> Harold
> https://w6iwi.org
>
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