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- From: judd@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Stephen Judd)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Extended MPS-801 ribbon
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 21:33:23 GMT
- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL
- Message-ID: <4gaqb3$ns1@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- References: <8273-178998301@ccsnet.com>
- Reply-To: sjudd@nwu.edu (Stephen Judd)
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- In article <8273-178998301@ccsnet.com>, <dbryant@ccsnet.com> wrote:
- >
- >Here are some tips for extending the life of an MPS-801 printer ribbon
- >many-fold. When your ribbon is printing too lightly after extended use,
- >do the following:
-
- Another "I kid you not it works" way to extend the life of printer
- ribbons: WD-40, lifeblood of the world. Spray a little WD-40 in the
- cartridge and the thing magically rejuvanates. Of course, spray too
- much in and you get a bunch of muck in your printer, on the printer
- head, etc.
-
- Hmmm, WD-40 isn't too great of a lubricant, so maybe Triflow or something
- like that would work a little better.
-
- Common-sense dictum: use at your own risk! :)
-
- evetS-
-
- >Cape Cod, MA || E-mail: dbryant@ccsnet.com ||
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