It works if you have a good (but out of ink) ribbon/cartridge. But if you doesn't, do as I said :)
2015-06-24 23:40 GMT-03:00 <ste...@malikoff.com>: > Thirty years or so back I used to have a device called a 'MacInker' with > which I re-inked the ribbon spools for my OKI Microline 84 dot matrix > printer. > This was a plastic plate with legs. It had a very slow rpm motor (perhaps > 10rpm?) driving an upward-facing spindle which would engage in the spool. > The ribbon ran against a cylindrical ink reservoir with a tiny hole in it, > where it would be drawn onto the ribbon. The ribbon was guided by adjusting > two O-rings on the reservoir. It was a universal device (the name had > nothing to do with Macintoshes) for printers, teletypes and typeriters and > came with a few pins and spares to suit different spools or catridges. I > recall the ink was thicker and more oily than modern inkjet ink, sort of > like what > a stamp pad has. It was also very messy to operate, ink went everywhere as > it continued to drain out the pin hole in the cylinder.Original MacInkers > seem to still be available (Google images finds a few) but it certainly > would not be difficult to build a workalike device from Lego or a junked > Microwave oven turntable motor. > > Steve. > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: Re: Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room] > From: "Alexandre Souza" <alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, June 25, 2015 7:13 am > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Get a printer ribbon from another printer, take the ribbon from the > > cartridge and put it on the cartridge of your printer. > > > > Some printers in Brazil I gotta do this, or else. > > > > --- > > Enviado do meu Apple IIGS (pq eu sou chique) > > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > Meu blog: http://tabajara-labs.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pontus Pihlgren" <pon...@update.uu.se> > > To: <jwsm...@jwsss.com>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic > Posts" > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 5:19 AM > > Subject: Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room] > > > > > >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:14:00PM -0700, jwsmobile wrote: > >>> The only reference I could find that separated them are to google > >>> for the printer ribbons. I find a lot of the companies who list > >>> ribbons don't purge their databases of even the most ridiculously > >>> old products, and they list models. > >>> > >> > >> I just experienced the same thing with my newly found DATASAAB D16. > >> Google turns up three worthwhile mentions and whole host of ribbon > >> resalers. > >> > >> I kind of assumed that the printer ribbon was the same as something else > >> and still awailable. Assuming I am wrong, what should I do to get a > >> printer ribbon with fresh ink? > >> > >> /P > > > > > > >
