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Mr Ron Goad, 7 Chipstead House,
Chipstead Road, Cosham, Hants PO6 3JJ.
Tel. 01705 382918.
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Dear Members,
Re Cycling of Printer Ribbons
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With our much loved BBC Computer systems becoming deeper and
deeper into the realms of the obsolete, there comes the added problem of
keeping our printers going, as supplies of ribbons become increasingly
more difficult to obtain. I myself use a Centronics GLP Printer, and at
the moment it appears that CPC of Preston, Lancs, do still have supplies
of ribbons for this printer. However it dosent take brain of Britain to
work out that supplies may well soon dry up, leaving us well and truly up
the creek without paddle, and thats putting it politely !!!
With this in mind, I am wondering if any of our fellow members have
experimented at all with the possibility of re-cycling used ribbons with
any form of 're-inking process', and if so what sort of success rate, if
any they have had. If anyone out there have any ideas to share on this
one, I am sure that not only myself but many other members could well be
interested.
I have not tried it yet, but have been thinking along the lines of
perhaps slowly winding the ribbon through the cassette whilst holding a
small paint brush against it well charged with the type of ink used to
recharge 'Rubber Stamp Ink Pads'. Obviously the cassette would require to
be gently held in a small vice, leaving one hand free to wind it through,
whilst the brush is held against it. Assuming that this did work I have
no idea as to how long it would last for. I guess that the original ink
used on these multi-strike ribbons is something totally different.
The views and opinions from fellow members on this subject would be
interesting.
Perhaps someone has done it allready, simply and efficiently.
If anyone is having difficulty in obtaining ribbons for
their old printers, then CPC are well worth a try. Their address is
CPC PLC, Component House, Faraday Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancs, PR2 4PP.
In addition to supplying various computer accessories and equipment, they
also carry an incredibly large range of Television and Audio spares, and
will supply Non Account customers on Pro-forma invoice. Their prices are
very very reasonable.
Yours,
6th Feb 99. ( Ron Goad )
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For a while I had access to a reinking machine which came with the proper
ribbon ink. It was OK but the ribbons didn't last long.
I should caution you against using the wrong ink though, when I was
involved in servicing computer equipment a the same time as I had access
to that reinking machine I often came across print heads which had been
clogged up by people using the wrong ink to reink their ribbons.
If I am not using my printer for a while I tend to take the ribbon out and
put it into the fridge and I keep the spare ribbons there as well.
This is a real problem though especially as many of the newer printers
won't work on our machies. I personnaly hate the word processor on my PC
and prefer VIEW. So far I still have a stock of ribbons which I bought a
while ago.
Stocking up seems to be the answer.
If anyone else has any ideas please do try to write in.
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As| 000006e0 73 75 6d 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 1a 20 74 68 69 |suming that. thi| 000006f0 73 1a 20 64 69 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 49 20 68 61 |s. did work I ha| 00000700 76 65 0d 6e 6f 20 69 64 65 61 20 61 73 20 74 6f |ve.no idea as to| 00000710 20 68 6f 77 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 | how long it wou| 00000720 6c 64 20 6c 61 73 74 20 66 6f 72 2e 20 49 1a 20 |ld last for. I. | 00000730 67 75 65 73 73 1a 20 74 68 61 74 1a 20 74 68 65 |guess. that. the| 00000740 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 69 6e 6b 0d 75 73 | original ink.us| 00000750 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 6d 75 6c 74 |ed on these mult| 00000760 69 2d 73 74 72 69 6b 65 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 73 |i-strike ribbons| 00000770 20 69 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 6f | is something to| 00000780 74 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 2e |tally different.| 00000790 0d 0d 54 68 65 1a 20 76 69 65 77 73 1a 20 61 6e |..The. views. an| 000007a0 64 1a 20 6f 70 69 6e 69 6f 6e 73 1a 20 66 72 6f |d. opinions. fro| 000007b0 6d 1a 20 66 65 6c 6c 6f 77 1a 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 |m. fellow. membe| 000007c0 72 73 1a 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 75 62 6a |rs. on this subj| 000007d0 65 63 74 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 0d 69 6e 74 |ect would be.int| 000007e0 65 72 65 73 74 69 6e 67 2e 0d 0d 50 65 72 68 61 |eresting...Perha| 000007f0 70 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 68 61 73 20 64 |ps someone has d| 00000800 6f 6e 65 20 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 72 65 61 64 79 2c |one it allready,| 00000810 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 61 6e 64 20 65 66 66 69 | simply and effi| 00000820 63 69 65 6e 74 6c 79 2e 0d 0d 09 09 49 66 1a 20 |ciently.....If. | 00000830 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 68 61 76 69 |anyone. is. havi| 00000840 6e 67 1a 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 79 20 69 |ng. difficulty i| 00000850 6e 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 72 69 62 62 |n obtaining ribb| 00000860 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 0d 74 68 65 69 72 20 6f 6c |ons for.their ol| 00000870 64 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 2c 20 74 68 65 6e |d printers, then| 00000880 20 43 50 43 20 61 72 65 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 77 6f | CPC are well wo| 00000890 72 74 68 20 61 20 74 72 79 2e 20 54 68 65 69 72 |rth a try. Their| 000008a0 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 0d 43 50 43 20 | address is.CPC | 000008b0 50 4c 43 2c 20 43 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 48 |PLC, Component H| 000008c0 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 46 61 72 61 64 61 79 20 44 72 |ouse, Faraday Dr| 000008d0 69 76 65 2c 20 46 75 6c 77 6f 6f 64 2c 20 50 72 |ive, Fulwood, Pr| 000008e0 65 73 74 6f 6e 2c 20 4c 61 6e 63 73 2c 20 50 52 |eston, Lancs, PR| 000008f0 32 20 34 50 50 2e 0d 49 6e 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 |2 4PP..In additi| 00000900 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 73 75 70 70 6c 79 69 6e 67 20 |on to supplying | 00000910 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 1a 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 |various. compute| 00000920 72 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 6f 72 69 65 73 20 61 6e |r accessories an| 00000930 64 20 65 71 75 69 70 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 74 68 65 |d equipment, the| 00000940 79 0d 61 6c 73 6f 20 63 61 72 72 79 20 61 6e 20 |y.also carry an | 00000950 69 6e 63 72 65 64 69 62 6c 79 20 6c 61 72 67 65 |incredibly large| 00000960 20 72 61 6e 67 65 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 54 65 6c 65 | range. of. Tele| 00000970 76 69 73 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 41 75 64 69 6f |vision and Audio| 00000980 20 73 70 61 72 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 0d 77 69 6c | spares, and.wil| 00000990 6c 20 73 75 70 70 6c 79 20 4e 6f 6e 20 41 63 63 |l supply Non Acc| 000009a0 6f 75 6e 74 20 63 75 73 74 6f 6d 65 72 73 20 6f |ount customers o| 000009b0 6e 20 50 72 6f 2d 66 6f 72 6d 61 20 69 6e 76 6f |n Pro-forma invo| 000009c0 69 63 65 2e 20 54 68 65 69 72 1a 20 70 72 69 63 |ice. Their. pric| 000009d0 65 73 1a 20 61 72 65 0d 76 65 72 79 20 76 65 72 |es. are.very ver| 000009e0 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 61 62 6c 65 2e 0d 0d 20 |y reasonable... | 000009f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000a00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 20 | . | 00000a10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000a20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 59 6f | Yo| 00000a30 75 72 73 2c 0d 0d 0d 20 20 36 74 68 20 46 65 62 |urs,... 6th Feb| 00000a40 20 39 39 2e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 99. | 00000a50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000a60 20 28 20 52 6f 6e 20 47 6f 61 64 20 29 0d 7e 7e | ( Ron Goad ).~~| 00000a70 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 0d 1c 46 |~~~~~~~~~~~~...F| 00000a80 6f 72 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 49 20 68 61 64 |or a while I had| 00000a90 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 72 65 69 | access to a rei| 00000aa0 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 77 68 |nking machine wh| 00000ab0 69 63 68 20 63 61 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |ich came with th| 00000ac0 65 20 70 72 6f 70 65 72 0d 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 20 |e proper.ribbon | 00000ad0 69 6e 6b 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 4f 4b 20 62 |ink. It was OK b| 00000ae0 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 73 20 64 |ut the ribbons d| 00000af0 69 64 6e 27 74 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 6f 6e 67 2e |idn't last long.| 00000b00 0d 0d 49 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 61 75 74 69 |..I should cauti| 00000b10 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 75 |on you against u| 00000b20 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 20 69 |sing the wrong i| 00000b30 6e 6b 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 2c 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |nk though, when | 00000b40 49 20 77 61 73 0d 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 65 64 20 69 |I was.involved i| 00000b50 6e 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 6d 70 |n servicing comp| 00000b60 75 74 65 72 20 65 71 75 69 70 6d 65 6e 74 20 61 |uter equipment a| 00000b70 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 | the same time a| 00000b80 73 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 0d 74 |s I had access.t| 00000b90 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 72 65 69 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 |o that reinking | 00000ba0 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 49 20 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 |machine I often | 00000bb0 63 61 6d 65 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 70 72 69 6e |came across prin| 00000bc0 74 20 68 65 61 64 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 61 |t heads which ha| 00000bd0 64 20 62 65 65 6e 0d 63 6c 6f 67 67 65 64 20 75 |d been.clogged u| 00000be0 70 20 62 79 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 75 73 69 6e |p by people usin| 00000bf0 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 20 69 6e 6b 20 |g the wrong ink | 00000c00 74 6f 20 72 65 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 72 |to reink their r| 00000c10 69 62 62 6f 6e 73 2e 0d 0d 49 66 20 49 20 61 6d |ibbons...If I am| 00000c20 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 20 70 72 | not using my pr| 00000c30 69 6e 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c |inter for a whil| 00000c40 65 20 49 20 74 65 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 74 61 6b 65 |e I tend to take| 00000c50 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 20 6f 75 74 20 | the ribbon out | 00000c60 61 6e 64 0d 70 75 74 20 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |and.put it into | 00000c70 74 68 65 20 66 72 69 64 67 65 20 61 6e 64 20 49 |the fridge and I| 00000c80 20 6b 65 65 70 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 72 65 20 | keep the spare | 00000c90 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 73 |ribbons there as| 00000ca0 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 0d 0d 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 | well...This is | 00000cb0 61 20 72 65 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 74 |a real problem t| 00000cc0 68 6f 75 67 68 20 65 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c 79 |hough especially| 00000cd0 20 61 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | as many of the | 00000ce0 6e 65 77 65 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 0d 77 |newer printers.w| 00000cf0 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 6f 75 72 |on't work on our| 00000d00 20 6d 61 63 68 69 65 73 2e 20 49 20 70 65 72 73 | machies. I pers| 00000d10 6f 6e 6e 61 6c 79 20 68 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 |onnaly hate the | 00000d20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 20 6f |word processor o| 00000d30 6e 20 6d 79 20 50 43 0d 61 6e 64 20 70 72 65 66 |n my PC.and pref| 00000d40 65 72 20 56 49 45 57 2e 20 53 6f 20 66 61 72 20 |er VIEW. So far | 00000d50 49 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 73 |I still have a s| 00000d60 74 6f 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 73 20 |tock of ribbons | 00000d70 77 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 61 |which I bought a| 00000d80 0d 77 68 69 6c 65 20 61 67 6f 2e 0d 0d 53 74 6f |.while ago...Sto| 00000d90 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 74 |cking up seems t| 00000da0 6f 20 62 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 2e |o be the answer.| 00000db0 0d 0d 49 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 65 |..If anyone else| 00000dc0 20 68 61 73 20 61 6e 79 20 69 64 65 61 73 20 70 | has any ideas p| 00000dd0 6c 65 61 73 65 20 64 6f 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 |lease do try to | 00000de0 77 72 69 74 65 20 69 6e 2e 1c 0d 0d |write in....| 00000dec
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