[torontocbm] Re: Ko Wrecked type warning
- From: Gil Winkler <kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:22:03 -0500
Could always switch to inkjet too ;)
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:18 PM, John Easton <jeaston@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Did you try spraying WD40 into the ribbon cartridge? Always worked for me
> ... dissolves the dried ink and makes it useable again. Else, dob the
> ribbon with inkpad refill ink.
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Alexander" <james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:17 PM
> Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Ko Wrecked type warning
>
>
> > Brian,
> >
> > Thats what I'd thought and what others told me. But its very far from
> > the truth these days. Case in point try getting an MPS801 ribbon,
> > you'll end up with one of the ribbons I'd got stuck with and it won't
> > work. They aren't producing any more of these either as I've been the
> > only person to buy one in over a year!
> >
> > Brian Lyons wrote:
> >
> > > I have never had any problems with Ko Rec Type ribbons.
> > >
> > > They have a good diversity of product for older printers.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Alexander"
> > > <james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:09 PM
> > > Subject: [torontocbm] Ko Wrecked type warning
> > >
> > >
> > >> Greetings.
> > >>
> > >> Many of you will remember me asking about printer ribbons being
> > >> available quite a few months ago. I got the suggestion to try Ko Rec
> > >> Type which I did. Lately I've had an outrageous amount of trouble
> > >> with them. I'd ordered a pair of MPS-801 ribbons from them through a
> > >> local retailer in Port Hope called Randalls stationary (also in
> > >> cobourg and trenton). Well the ribbons they sent weren't new, they
> > >> were old used dried out ribbons dating back to 1999. I took them
> > >> back to Randalls to exchange them which Randalls at first did but the
> > >> ribbons were simply resealed in the packaging and sent back to me
> > >> again with the old dry ribbons. After much going back and forth
> > >> including my last trip to Randalls less than an hour ago, I was lied
> > >> to repeatedly then the store clerk said he'd give me a refund. But
> > >> having made the mistake of not bringing my receipt back with me this
> > >> time he again lied and tried to refund me less than $5 each for the
> > >> ribbons ($10 for both) when they'd charged me $27 for them in the
> > >> first place. Being as this clerk, who I now refer to as a cluck was
> > >> the same person who put the sale through in the first place.
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure how many here would ever use their older printers much
> > >> but if anyone does don't waste your time & money on Ko Rec Type. No
> > >> point them ripping anyone else off. I'm looking for alternative
> > >> sources if there is any. If so I'll post the results here.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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