Re: Apple Scribe ribbons available again...

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

hochstrasse@ubaclu.unibas.ch (Urs Hochstrasser) wrote:

>In article <54mfeh$edl@news.emi.com>, drsmooth@relex.com wrote:

>> I thought the Scribe was a thermal printer, and didn't NEED ribbons?
>> What's the deal?
>It's a thermo _transfer_ printer. Any more questions? :-)

So, it makes ink fly off the ribbon and onto the paper via heat,
instead of slamming a pin against the ribbon?
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