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Typewriter Ribbons For Sale

If you are unsure as to what ribbon your typewriter requires after checking the guide found below, just send us  the make and model of your machine, and we will get back to you within a few hours!

Note: By default, you will receive a black & red ribbon,  however we can provide all-black ribbon upon request.


Universal Typewriter Ribbon

$14.95
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With this order, you will receive one Universal Ribbon just like one of the ones shown in the picture (one ribbon = two spools.) All ribbons are two-color (black and red). The current ribbons I am selling do not come individually packaged from the factory, however they are extremely fresh and will last a very long time. These ribbons are the darkest printing ribbons I have come across, and I highly recommend these if you know they will fit in your machine.


To check to see if these ribbons will fit in your machine, see the quick guide below on the Typewriter Ribbons For Sale page, and/or contact me!


Check this quick guide to see if our universal ribbons will work with your typewriter or not. Everything on this list has been confirmed by Typewriters 101.
​If your typewriter is not on this list, contact me!
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Universal Ribbon Compatible
  • All Olympia SM Series 
  • Olympia SF, Socialite, Traveller (includes Deluxe models)
  • Olympia SG1, SG3
  • Remington Travel-Riter, Letter-Riter, Quiet-Riter, Miracle-Tab, Ten-Forty, Model 1, Mark II, Noiseless portable models (just push out the center/core piece of each spool)
  • Underwood portables
  • Royal (portable- minus Royal Varsity)
  • Anything Adler (portable)
  • Olivetti portables
  • Corona/L.C. Smith & Corona/Smith-Corona models: Sterling, Standard, Clipper, Silent, Silent- Super, Galaxie 12, Galaxie, Galaxie Deluxe, Galaxie II, Classic 12, Super Sterling
    • Pretty much everything SMC that isn't extremely small and slim.
  • Early Smith-Corona electrics (5TE/Smith-Corona Electric, Coronet Electric 10, Coronet Automatic 12, Electra 110, Electra 120
  • Brother Charger 11
  • Facit 1620, TP1, TP2
  • Rheinmetall KsT
Universal Ribbons not Compatible
  • All Remington Typewriters not mentioned to the left
  • Underwood Standard 3 Bank
  • Royal Model D/Varsity
  • Corona/L.C. Smith & Corona/Smith-Corona models: Corona Folding series, Zephyr, Zephyr Deluxe, Corsair, Corsair Deluxe, Corsair 710, Skyriter, Super-G/Ghia (universal spools are too big)
  • Any later electrics which require ink cartridges rather than ribbons
  • Any early typewriters which have non-standard ribbon widths and spools. (Hammond, Blickensderfer, Oliver, Fay Sholes, Smith-Premier, etc.)

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