Alps Printer Problem

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have an Alps 106050-00 white ink ribbon that prints splotchy, does anyone know if this can be caused by age? I bought it off eBay and I’ve had it stored in its unopened Alps box in a closet for about a year (ambient temperature 72°, very low humidity). It prints wide lines OK but fine or tiny lines are very splotchy.

I have stored black, silver, gold and the normal color ribbons for a much longer time with out a problem.

Does anyone know of a fix? White MD Ink Ribbons are getting scarce, if they won’t store that means big $$$$ down the road.

My printer is an Alps MD1000. All other colors work OK. I’ve tried three different types of decal paper.

I’ve been printing my decals for about 8 years and this is my first bad experience with my Alps printer.

Mel

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I don’t know if you have tried to move to a different section of the ribbon. It could be that the a section of ribbon is bad.

Before mine gave up the ghost, I would also double print any white decals as the white sometimes didn’t come out very intense the first time through.

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Dah, didn’t try to advance the ribbon. I did try to double print but the fine lines looked to splotchy or raged.

I went ahead and ordered another ribbon so it’s on the way but I’ll give this ribbon several turns and try again.

Thanks, shoulda thought of that myself.

Mel

Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951