Now that Charlene Oesch of Baco Ribbons has passed away, many in the typosphere have been wondering what will become of her rare typewriter-inking equipment. I can report that it will not be junked; there is a likely buyer, and there are back-up takers in the wings. Now whoever gets these machines will just have to figure out how to run them—because Charlene never wrote up instructions or filmed herself using them.
I have never witnessed the process of inking ribbons until today. Jett Morton shared a video taken by Theresa of Fine Line Ribbon in Ennis, Texas. It’s published here by permission of them both. Isn’t this neat??
Any info/updates on where the machinery went?
If it isn’t in use, I could use a new hobby…
I haven’t heard anything further, but it did sound like there would be a taker, one way or the other. These machines will run again!