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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