I sent one ribbon from my Tandy DMP 105 for re-inking earlier this year. It was returned to me about three weeks later, but I did not use it until the ribbon in current use needed replacement P a month or two later. The ribbon had plenty of ink, and it was necessary to put the printer on Auto for a few moments to clear the excess. Except for one or two fainter parts, where the re-inking appeared to be incomplete, the results were reasonably satisfactory.

However, one day the printer hung up halfway across the page. Taking it off line and switching it off andon again appeared to remedy matters, but no ... it happened again, and again I suspected that the head had become glued up with surplus ink but in fact the defect was caused by the very worn ribbon. The printer pins were penetrating the ribbon. Taking the head off line and carefully removing there-inked ribbon, I inserted a brand new one. and had no further trouble. Alas, a friend of mine who had the same problem managed to break one of the pins while trying to remove the head from the ribbon. A new head will cost him more than thirty pounds. So, while Alladinkdo a satisfactory job, my conclusion is that using a re-inked ribbon is false economy.