On Sun, 13 Dec 2015, Jules Richardson wrote:
so I'm wondering if there's a way of breathing life back into the ribbon so
that it can print again in all it's noisy, glacially-slow glory :-)
I don't care if it's not as black as an original ribbon would have been - it
just might be nice if it was able to print something legible.
Re-inking is not hard, although if not planned well, it can be messy.
Cheap re-inking machines, such as the classic "MacInker" from "Computer
Friends", are just a motorized platform to drag the ribbon over a pad
soaked with ink. Stamp pad ink might not be ideal, but should work.
In an extreme case, or emergency, anything that will moisturize and/or
lubricate the ribbon will work, particularly even including WD-40!
