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From: abulloch@violet.berkeley.edu.berkeley.edu (/violet_b/abulloch)
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Subject: Re: Re-inking printer ribbons
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That price of 165 pounds is grotesque (I speak as an Englishman with Scottish
ancestry).  The inker _is_ useful; I have one and it works very nicely, but
it is nothing more than a small electric motor turning the spool of the 
ribbon cassette so as to pull the ribbon across a felt pad onto which one
has poured ink (the whole mounted on a plastic base).  The latest price
that I saw advertised (in MacWorld for May) is $42.00 (they don't tell you,
but this is without ink). You might contact the manufacturer direct:

Computer Friends
6415 SW Canyon Ct., #10
Portland
Oregon 97221

Tel.: 503-297-2321

Telex: 4949559 CF

Small bottles of ink are $3.00 (and I think larger ones are c.$18.00).

Alternatively, there is a Mac supply company here which has the inker in
stock and claims to ship abroad (minimum of $25 for postage, though):

Icon Review
Toll-free tel. no. (if they work from the UK): 800-228-8910.

I hate to think of someone ripping you off that grossly - do get in touch
with me if you need any help.

(By the way, the re-inked ribbons are generally _better_ than the originals...)

Anthony Bulloch
Dept. of Classics
Dwinelle Hall
University of California
Berkeley
California 94720

'Ma Bell': 415-642-4001/4218