[GreenKeys] Teletype 43 ribbons?

[Don Robert House]

A BUMMER CHARLES!

Mine are the original TTY Corp ribbons.  I keep them in plastic zip  
lock bags and I keep them out of the sun and heat in my basement.
I will do some investigation and post my results.

Good luck,
Don
K9TTY


On 22 Dec 2006, at 7:53 AM, charlesmorris at hughes.net wrote:

The recent discussion of old TTY ribbons reminded me of a problem I had
with ribbons for my model 43.

I bought a box of five ribbons from an online source and quickly
discovered that the ribbon was not advancing during carriage return as
designed, so the print faded within a few lines. After some
investigation (and disassembly of a cartridge) I found that the "loop"
had to be too long, so there was more slack than the 43's spring
mechanism could compensate for.

I was referred to the manufacturer (I believe it was Dataproducts?)
and after discussion with a product engineer, and mailing him my
ribbon, he examined it and confirmed the problem, and sent me a new
box. Those did have the correct loop length - but they were so weakly
inked (or had dried out), they didn't work any better.  So I shelved
the 43 for a while. sigh...

The next step, I suppose, is to drill a small hole over the ink roller
and inject fresh ink with a syringe. Rather irritating after spending
nearly $50 for ribbons! I'd rather just "plug and play"... Can anyone
recommend a reliable source for 43 ribbons that actually work??

thanks
Charles



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