Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!16012_3705
From: 16012_3705@uwovax.uwo.ca (Jeff Racine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How get a "good, dark ribbon"?
Message-ID: <2359@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 22 Jun 89 07:53:53 GMT
References: <2857@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Lines: 28
Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada

In article <2857@helios.ee.lbl.gov>, cdols@ux3.lbl.gov (Charles G Dols) writes:
> On 29 April 89 Paul S. R. Chisholm wrote: 
>  
>  ["The *real* secret to getting good output from a dot matrix
>  [printer has nothing to do with font design or number of pins. 
>  [It's much simpler:  use a good, dark ribbon!" 
>   
>  These cassettes are easily opened.  It seems that a couple of drops
>  of the APPROPRIATE liquid on the reinker sponge disk might make a
>  "good, dark ribbon". 
>     
>  advice -- anyone? 
>      
A few years back I read an article which suggested that the author used a 
bit of WD-40 (available at your local hardware store) on his old ribbons and
this (supposedly) works like a charm:

Good luck...


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