[GreenKeys] M14/15/19 Ribbons

[John Spigel]

I checked the price the morning of the 27th before my post. It was still 
29.95 the amount I paid on February 15, 2025. Today, Oct 28, I see it as 
48.00! Yikes! May have to take a look at another source.

The ribbons are sold by FJA products. They have the US flag on them. No 
problem with clogging the pallets on several M15s. Likely nylon.

73, John W1AN

On 27-Oct-25 13:18, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
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> 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
>>
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> 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.
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> 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".
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> Going to https://www.printerribbondepot.com/ and searching on SC20 returns
> no results.
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> 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.
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> The eBay store also says:
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> 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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