TIP ON EXTENDING THE LIFE OF PRINTER RIBBONS

                       By "Kedenan"

Carefully remove the top cover of your printer ribbon by levering
it off with a penknife or nailfile. Make sure in doing so that you
do not disturb the ribbon!

Then spray the ribbon all over liberally with "WD-40", which you
can buy from Halfords or most petrol filling stations. One small
can, for œ1.75p, will give many treatments.

Place the sprayed ribbon on a window sill for twenty four hours to
let the surplus liquid dry off, then place the cover loosely on
top of the ribbon and leave for seven days.

Then press the top cover back firmly into place and you will then
find that it will print better than it did when new! The "WD-40"
not only spreads the existing ink throughout the ribbon, but it
lubricates the fine pins of a dot matrix printer and prevents them
from sticking.

When it prints faint for the second time, then send the ribbon
away to a firm such as "Aladdink" and this time have it re-inked.
Then the next time use "WD-40" again as described above, and so
on.

"Aladdink" can be found at 4 Hurker Crescent, Eyemouth,
Berwickshire, Scotland. TD14 5AP. Telephone 08907 50965.

It is best to have four ribbons and send them away three at a
time, because the re-inking is cheaper for three or more. You
won't have to buy another new ribbon for years!