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Re: GS Keyboard



julian814 wrote:
> Now all I have to do is go through my manuals and figure out how to get
> his Imagwriter // to print in color. At first, I thought it was because
> of memory, but now I seem to remember that when you change the ribbon
> from black to color in an Imagewriter, you have to send a signal to the
> printer to let it know the ribbon's been changed.

There is a microswitch on the ribbon carrier on the printhead that
detects when you install a color ribbon. If the switch gets stuck or
fails then the printer will think you have a black ribbon installed.