Re: Imagewriter I ribbon

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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: "Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: : email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com (Simon Williams) wrote:
: :
: : >Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote:
: : >
: : >> "news.libero.it" <mirko@yack.com> wrote:
: : >>
: : >> >I have an imagewriter I and I'm looking for ribbon cartridges, I've
: seen
: : >> >some black ribbons for the ImageWriter II on ebay, does anyone know
if
: they
: : >> >are compatible with I ?
: : >>
: : >>     Yes, they're interchangeable. I think any C.Itoh 85x0 series
ribbon
: : >> cartridges are compatible. Not sure if they're still sold today, I
: bought
: : >> a package of Pelikan-brand ribbons about a little over a decade ago
: : >> (the company is still around at least).
: : >
: : >Staples still sells the IW ribbons (both black and colour), at least in
: : >Canada... they're listed on the website, but not stocked in the stores,
: : >so you have to special order... I think they were about $7 each.
: :
: :     They're available from US Staples stores as well, just type
: "ImageWriter"
: : as the keyword when doing a search on their website.
: :
: : Here's the black ribbon (US$4.50)
: : http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=NUKBM160
: :
: : Here's the 4-color ribbon, for the ImageWriter II-only ( US$14.27)
: : http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=NUKBM160C
: :
: :     Unfortunately they don't seem to sell ribbons for the ImageWriter
LQ,
: : though it was short lived and not nearly as popular. I'm a bit surprised
: : they're still manufacturing new ribbons for dot-matrix printers in 2005,
: : but then they still make typewriter ribbons, so.... :)
: :
: : Mitchell Spector
:
: WOW!, I went to find that and when I came back to post it,
: there you already had. Thanks Mitchell.

I just left www.123Inkjets.com and they have them for $3.95,
with better prices if you buy quantities of 2-9 at $3.45, and
for 10+ they are $2.95 each. Man, how can you beat that?

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