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From: kludge@gitpyr.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Helpful Hint to Extend Useful Life of Printer Ribbons
Message-ID: <3128@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 18:06:48 EST
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.3128
Posted: Sat Feb 21 18:06:48 1987
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Reply-To: kludge@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey)
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Keywords: printer ribbons, extending life
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In article <1609@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>	There are some aerosol sprays on the market which perform this
>function by acting as a solvent for the ink, causing it to evenly spread
>over the ribbon surface.
>	These sprays are absurdly overpriced.  All one needs is some 95%
>isopropyl alcohol, which can readily be obtained from drugstores, hardware
>stores, etc.  Do not use rubbing alcohol, however.

    I always had great luck with WD-40 from the local hardware store.
This is a lubricant which contains lots of unidentified, light petroleum
distillates, and is also available in a spray, which makes it much easier
to use on the reel-type ribbons.
-- 
Scott Dorsey   Kaptain_Kludge
ICS Programming Lab (Where old terminals go to die),  Rich 110,
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Box 36681, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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