Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!jimb From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Carbon Ribbons for the Imagewriter? Message-ID: <652@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 16:29:59 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.652 Posted: Mon Feb 11 16:29:59 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 06:34:46 EST References: <345@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) Distribution: net Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 23 Summary: In article <345@vax2.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes: >I was looking through the latest issue of MacWorld when I noticed one of the >mail-order retail stores selling "carbon" ribbons for the Imagewriter (I >belive these were advertised as being made by Elephant). Anyone have any >experience with these? Also, any speculations on how this would effect >quality with the Imagewriter, and whether it would be safe to use with the >Imagewriter print head? > >I suspect that there would be no problem using it (in fact, I'm curious why >no one has come out with this before), but I thought I'd better throw this >into the Bullpen... > I suspect that there WOULD be a problem if ALL printing was done with the carbon ribbon. Cloth ribbons for dot matrix printers contain silicon lubricants for the print head. -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 982-6547 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!jimb Compuserve: 72415,1200 The Source: STW265