Star Micronics offers ribbons that have been tested and approved to meet your application's durability, image quality and archival requirements, as well as your budget. Our experience shows that many unbranded ribbons will damage the printer mechanism. Star products are easy recognizable by the Star logo on them. This ink ribbon is an exact match replacement for the SP700 series of printers. Manufactured by Star Micronics you can rest assured this ribbon will work correctly with your printer without defects. The ribbon is made from highly durable nylon that prints a clear black or red color. The black ink prints over 1.5 million characters, while the red ink will print up to 750,000 characters.