What ink to use on fabric ribbon (daisywheel)

[acollins22]

Hi folks,

I have recently powered up my Tandy daisy-wheel printer. Amazingly it still prints but as you can imagine, the portion of ribbon that's been exposed is dry.

I would like to add some fresh in and would like some suggestions.

As it's not a dot matrix I don't think I need to worry too much about clogging.

What does the panel think?


Thanks,

Andy.

 

[OS9dude]

Found this old thread that might help -> http://tinyurl.com/ybj3bzsl (Home / ForumCollections / Community / General Vintage Computer Discussions)

I have re-inked my Tandy DMP-106 carts with stamp pad ink, have to open the cartridge and apply fresh ink to the reservoir sponge. Long before that I had re-inked the old LP-VII ribbon by just rubbing an ink dipped small sponge/q-tip over the exposed ribbon and slowly work the cartridge to cycle the ribbon through.

-- RP

 

[acollins22]

Thank you OS9dude,

That makes interesting reading.

I think I'll give stamp pad ink a try.


All the best,

Andy.

 

[GeoffB17]

If the ribbon is primarily just dried, a few squirts of WD40 works wonders.

Geoff