Some Help for Out-of-Date Printers and Other Helpful Insights

About two years earlier, I purchased a new (close-out) printer to use with my 2068 from a place that sold NEC printers. My NEC PC-PR103A is IBM compatible but not EPSON compatible. I still like it and it does have an excellent NLQ mode that is easy to read. I have used it for correspondence, making tests, data processing, listings, the newsletter, and more. I found that I was using it more and more and the print was getting dimmer and dimmer. Time to purchase a new ribbon, but Finding one proved to be difficult. I made telephone calls all over the US to find a place to purchase ribbons from. I finally found one place and, at the price of $15.00, I purchased one. About six months later, I needed another ribbon, but the place that 1 had ordered it from no longer had them. Time for the telephone calls again.