The replacement ribbon eventually shipped, yet remains in its packaging, still waiting for its time to shine. Further experiments on other printers have proven fruitful, too.

For any printer, as Graebel points out, “Ribbon pricing varies according to ribbon type and the respective printers they are designed to work in.” For example, while some ribbons are a little more ...

If you’ve got a dot matrix printer ribbon that’s dried up but not yet falling apart, you can always try reinking it. Video after the break. Try another test print and it's working perfectly.

Sometimes the encoder strip, which is the plastic strip located behind the ribbon next to the carriage in an HP printer, becomes detached. Rather than hiring someone to repa ...

CPI’s Card@Once Ribbon Shredder is a compact and easy-to-use desktop solution that uses twisted micro-cut technology to completely shred printer ribbon panels into tiny, unrecognizable particles.