phr@ucbvax.ARPA (Paul Rubin) (08/22/85)
Sorry about posting this to the whole net but mail to you bounced. Unless I'm mistaken the 1027 is their teeny drum printer, which uses a mechanism resembling the insides of an adding machine. The drum is inked with a fabric roller that snaps in and out of the clip it's mounted on (I haven't got my printer in front of me). You pull the roller out, re-ink it with stamp pad ink that you buy at your local stationery store, and click it back into place. (My printer has a different manufacturer's label and a standard interface instead of Atari's, but I think it is the same mechanism). Hope this helps. paul rubin
ginsberg@darth.UUCP (David Ginsberg) (08/28/85)
> Sorry about posting this to the whole net but mail to you bounced. > > Unless I'm mistaken the 1027 is their teeny drum printer, which uses > a mechanism resembling the insides of an adding machine. The drum > is inked with a fabric roller that snaps in and out of the clip it's > mounted on (I haven't got my printer in front of me). You pull the > roller out, re-ink it with stamp pad ink that you buy at your local > stationery store, and click it back into place. (My printer has > a different manufacturer's label and a standard interface instead > of Atari's, but I think it is the same mechanism). > > Hope this helps. > > paul rubin Paul, I have re-inked the ribbon several times. It has gotten so damaged just from use that it needs to be replaced. Do you know anywhere I can find it at?? Dave Ginsberg pitt!darth!ginsberg