New plain black typewriter ribbon for rewinding onto your own spools. This ribbon is standard manual typewriter ribbon and will work on any manual typewriter.
This is particularly handy for older typewriters that have original metal spools or Smith Corona typewriters that have spools with a 4 cm diameter as you need to rewind new ribbon onto your those original spools in any case.
General Information
It's also a good idea to take a photo of the way the old ribbon is threaded through the " ribbon throw " in the centre of the typewriter. You then have something to refer to when you have taken the old ribbon out and are trying to fit your new ribbon.
This ribbon is made in the USA and is a high quality nylon ribbon with a good level of ink. It's 10m long and the standard 1/2 inch width with a metal eyelet at each end which helps to trigger the ribbon reverse mechanism on many typewriter models. If you dont require the metal eyelets you can just cut the ribbon close to each eyelet to remove them from the ribbon.
The ribbon passes from one spool to other by moving fractionally every time you type, and then returns back from the full spool to the empty one again. This process can be repeated many times and for someone typing 40 hours a week in an office a ribbon would last around 3 months.
The ribbon comes in a sealed plastic bag and as long as you keep it sealed and out of direct sunlight will be fine for a long period of time.
Delivery anywhere within the UK is included in the price.
