Oops, I forgot to mention.. it needs to be unexpectedly, to the point of absurdly cheap! ;-)
Really though, these printers are mostly of "historic" interest, and not much more - the mechanism is slow and noisy, with print quality somewhere between 'poor' and 'acceptable'. I suspect that most owners, like myself, only wish to run off a few listings to verify operation, produce a few demo print-outs, (PrintShop maybe?) etc. I'm mostly looking for a cheap & cheery way to re-ink or otherwise rejuvenate the ribbon for a couple more goes, so it can be demonstrated, etc. As of this writing, the whole black analine + ethanol + glycerin recipe is starting to look good.. so long as the inking roller in the cartridge will hold-up! On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Curious Marc <curiousma...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have used ribbonsunlimited.com recently to remake a lot of my HP2631 > very odd ribbons. Wasn't cheap but sure worked perfectly. > la...@ribbonsunlimited.com > Marc > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 30, 2016, at 5:24 PM, drlegendre . <drlegen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone found a source for replacement ribbons, or even re-inking > > supplies, for the Commodore VIC-1525 printer? > > > > This printer was manufactured in Japan by Seikosha for CBM, and was also > > sold in the USA by Radio Shack, re-badged under the Tandy / TRS-80 brand. > > > > For reference - The VIC-1525 employs an odd two-cassette ribbon system, > > that uses a continuous-loop ribbon only about 24" in total length. One > > cassette contains a spring tensioner mechanism, with the second cassette > > holding the inking roller and (friction?) gear. > > > > The ribbon loop is strung side-to-side between the two cartridges, with > the > > front strand passing in front of the print head, and the rear strand > > passing through the ribbon advance clutch. > > > > Google turns up nothing, except for some homebrew recipes for making new > > ink.. and one site offering exorbitantly priced NOS ribbons that are just > > as likely dried up. > > > > Thanks for any & all input.. >
