Tiberian Fiend
Veteran Member
I bought a six-pack of ribbons for my NEC Pinwriter 5200 from Amazon, and they're all dried out. Is there anyway I can re-ink them?
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Rejuvenating old printer ribbons
- Thread starter Tiberian Fiend
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NeXT
Veteran Member
Typically I just cycle the ribbons a few times with some WD-40 added to the ribbon. There is still plenty of useable ink on the ribbon. It just needs a non-water based rehydration.
MikeS
Veteran Member
Darn; thought I had some ribbons for ya but turns out they're for a 5500/7700 Spinwriter; don't suppose anybody has a use for these?
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Chuck(G)
25k Member
Anyone want a Spinwriter? 
MikeS
Veteran Member
Anyone want a Spinwriter?
Maybe if I send you the ribbons it'll make it more attractive and it'll finally find a new home... ;-)
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Chuck(G)
25k Member
I've got ribbons, type thimbles, manuals. Nobody wants it.
MikeS
Veteran Member
I know; I've watched you try to find a new home for it for quite a while. It's a shame that there's so little interest in the peripherals that were as much of computing history as the computers, if not more so; would Apple have done as well if there hadn't been any way to print those Visicalc spreadsheets?