[78-L] ^typewriter factory closes - URGENT PLEA

[David Lennick]

We're at the mercy of the big chain supply stores. After market typewriter 
ribbons are garbage. (I now have a lifetime supply of ribbons for the IBM 
Selectric, incidentally..the real ones, not the Staples crap which are so bad I 
returned one after it totally packed up.)

dl

On 4/28/2011 9:05 AM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> I wonder if stamp-pad ink will work to re-ink a cotton type ribbon?
>
> Ron L
>
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:34 AM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^typewriter factory closes - URGENT PLEA
>
> On 4/28/2011 1:58 AM, Mike Harkin wrote:
>> I have typewriters I bought when I came here 16+ years ago, which now
> mainly are used for typing up labels and parallel-issue 78 numbers for my CD
> purchases.  The problem is, I can no longer get ribbons for them.  I bought
> the last two ribbons in Bulgaria one for latin alphabet and one for cyrillic
> alphabet
>
> I did not realize that the different alphabets required different
> ribbons!! :-)
>>    a couple of years ago, and both ar pretty dry by now.
>>
>> If anybody knows a stash of ribbons and can get some that are 13mm by +/-
> 8m I would be MOST grateful!  Reimbursement for ribbons and post/pack by
>> check on my US bank.
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>>
>> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> I assume you mean cloth ribbons, not carbon film ribbons.  I've seen
> one-size-fits-all nylon ribbons, but the Staples,com website has you
> look up the ribbons by make and model and what I see are special
> cartridge film ribbons, not cloth ribbons on spools.
> http://www.staples.com/Typewriter-WP-Ribbons/cat_SC40?cmSearchKeyword=typewr
> iter+ribbons#brandId=27301
>
> This might be good on Office Depot, a six-pack of black/red nylon
> ribbons for $12.49
>
> http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/796896/Porelon-BR80C-6-RedBlack-Replac
> ement-Nylon/
>
> Office Max has an all black ribbon for 4.99
> http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=ARS23678&history=u8274gyy
> |prodPage~15^freeText~typewriter+ribbons^paramValue~true^refine~1^region~1^p
> aram~return_skus^return_skus~Y
>
> Search thru these sites, but surely you might find a similar site
> somewhere in Europe.  I had forgotten the variety of specialized film
> ribbons that only fit on one machine.  It is more complicated than
> phonograph needles!!!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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