OT: Getting the rollers on a Deskjet cleaned/oiled?

Preston Crawford

4 May 2005 4 May '05

00:44

Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days? Preston

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Ken Schneider

4 May 4 May

00:57

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Cheap ink jet printers have become a throwaway commodity. It costs far more to get them repaired then to buy a new one. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Preston Crawford

01:05

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 18:57 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Cheap ink jet printers have become a throwaway commodity. It costs far more to get them repaired then to buy a new one.

That's what I was afraid I'd hear. This thing has been so trusty for 5 years. Plus I hate just throwing stuff away. And what would be the equivalent of it that would work well with Linux? Preston

Ken Schneider

01:16

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 16:05 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 18:57 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Cheap ink jet printers have become a throwaway commodity. It costs far more to get them repaired then to buy a new one.

That's what I was afraid I'd hear. This thing has been so trusty for 5 years. Plus I hate just throwing stuff away. And what would be the equivalent of it that would work well with Linux?

As another poster said you can try to clean it yourself. Barring that what kind of documents are being printed? If you print mostly black text I would suggest a laser for that plus another cheap ink jet for color. Besides printing with a laser is much cheaper per page than an ink jet. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Jim Cunning

01:26

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Today at 4:05pm, Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 18:57 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days? [...] Cheap ink jet printers have become a throwaway commodity. It costs far more to get them repaired then to buy a new one.

You don't describe "acting weird," but, if you're really attached to this printer and you just think think the rollers are a little dirty, you should be able to clean it yourself. I have cleaned the rollers on my inkjet printers periodically with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. I've never had any problems with that procedure, even though the HP manuals say not to clean anything but the cartridge and carrier. Jim

Preston Crawford

01:57

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 16:26 -0700, Jim Cunning wrote:

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Today at 4:05pm, Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 18:57 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days? [...] Cheap ink jet printers have become a throwaway commodity. It costs far more to get them repaired then to buy a new one.

You don't describe "acting weird," but, if you're really attached to this

Acting weird as in sometimes the paper takes forever to load up. Sometimes it gets stuck. So it's definitely mechanical as nothing has changed, software-wise, as far as I know.

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printer and you just think think the rollers are a little dirty, you should be able to clean it yourself. I have cleaned the rollers on my inkjet printers periodically with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. I've never had any problems with that procedure, even though the HP manuals say not to clean anything but the cartridge and carrier.

Do you just take them out? Is it easy without breaking the printer? I put computers together myself and stuff, but never done anything like this before. Preston

Jim Cunning

02:12

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Today at 4:57pm, Preston Crawford wrote: [...]

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Acting weird as in sometimes the paper takes forever to load up. Sometimes it gets stuck. So it's definitely mechanical as nothing has changed, software-wise, as far as I know.

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printer and you just think think the rollers are a little dirty, you should be able to clean it yourself. I have cleaned the rollers on my inkjet printers periodically with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. I've never had any problems with that procedure, even though the HP manuals say not to clean anything but the cartridge and carrier.

Do you just take them out? Is it easy without breaking the printer?

No, just open the cover and remove as much of the paper tray and output tray as you can. I don't know the HP990cxi (I have a HP940c now), but if you can reach the feed rollers and the pinch rollers, you should be able to manually turn them as you rub them with an alcohol-dampened cotton swab. If there is an access to the paper path from the rear of the printer, open that as well to see what you can clean. JIm

Jeffrey L. Taylor

04:53

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Quoting Jim Cunning :

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Today at 4:57pm, Preston Crawford wrote: [...]

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Acting weird as in sometimes the paper takes forever to load up. Sometimes it gets stuck. So it's definitely mechanical as nothing has changed, software-wise, as far as I know.

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printer and you just think think the rollers are a little dirty, you should be able to clean it yourself. I have cleaned the rollers on my inkjet printers periodically with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. I've never had any problems with that procedure, even though the HP manuals say not to clean anything but the cartridge and carrier.

Do you just take them out? Is it easy without breaking the printer?

No, just open the cover and remove as much of the paper tray and output tray as you can. I don't know the HP990cxi (I have a HP940c now), but if you can reach the feed rollers and the pinch rollers, you should be able to manually turn them as you rub them with an alcohol-dampened cotton swab. If there is an access to the paper path from the rear of the printer, open that as well to see what you can clean.

JIm

Or plain old water on a Q-tip. I just keep hitting page feed with nothing in the tray while rubbing the Q-tip back and forth. It is keeping my old DeskJet w/ factory upgrade to DeskJet 500 running. And I need to keep the paper tray fairly full. Jeffrey

Johannes Meixner

11:01

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Hello, On May 3 16:05 Preston Crawford wrote (shortened):

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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:44 -0700, Preston Crawford wrote:

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... Deskjet 990cxi ... ... what would be the equivalent of it that would work well with Linux?

Have a look at http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/productssupported.php All devices which belong to the same device class - in this case it is "DJ9xxVIP" - are "equivalent" regarding printing. All "...VIP" device classes result very good printing quality. For details see http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/printmodedescr.php Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5 Mail: jsmeix@suse.de 90409 Nuernberg, Germany WWW: http://www.suse.de/

Dylan

01:08

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On Tuesday 03 May 2005 23:44 pm, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Have you thought of doing it yourself? I've cleaned similar things with isopropyl alcohol before with excellent results Dylan

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Preston

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Michael W Cocke

02:18

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On Tue, 03 May 2005 15:44:12 -0700, you wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Use isopropal alcohol on a cotton pad (a pad, not a ball - you don't need threads pulling loose). I think most places sell them as makup application pads. Under NO circumstances use any type of solvent! That's what HP taught me when I did their service tech course. Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.

James Knott

15:19

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Michael W Cocke wrote:

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On Tue, 03 May 2005 15:44:12 -0700, you wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Use isopropal alcohol on a cotton pad (a pad, not a ball - you don't need threads pulling loose). I think most places sell them as makup application pads. Under NO circumstances use any type of solvent! That's what HP taught me when I did their service tech course.

Ummm... Alcohol is a solvent. Perhaps he meant petroleum based solvent, which will likely attack rubber?

Kevanf1

15:30

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On 5/4/05, James Knott wrote:

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Michael W Cocke wrote:

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On Tue, 03 May 2005 15:44:12 -0700, you wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Use isopropal alcohol on a cotton pad (a pad, not a ball - you don't need threads pulling loose). I think most places sell them as makup application pads. Under NO circumstances use any type of solvent! That's what HP taught me when I did their service tech course.

Ummm... Alcohol is a solvent. Perhaps he meant petroleum based solvent, which will likely attack rubber?

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I never had a problem using Isopropyl alcohol and I had to use it nearly everyday when I worked at the uni. You are right about the petroleum based cleaners though. Stuff like WD40 would no doubt attack the rollers. I'd honestly advise against too much dismantling of a printer. I have had a lot of experience with many makes and you can only go so far. Try to take one too many parts from it and suddenly you are likely to hear a 'ping' as a hidden spring flies into who knows where. I think HP used to make a cleaning kit that included a special pad that fitted to the printer and would clean the roller(s) automatically. Might be worthwhile enquiring about with HP. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

James Knott

15:50

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Kevanf1 wrote:

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I have had a lot of experience with many makes and you can only go so far. Try to take one too many parts from it and suddenly you are likely to hear a 'ping' as a hidden spring flies into who knows where. I think HP used to make a cleaning kit that included a special pad that fitted to the printer and would clean the roller(s) automatically. Might be worthwhile enquiring about with HP.

I also have lots of that sort of experience. Many years ago, I used to spend my days overhauling teletypes and other printers etc. Back in those days, everything was mechanical, with lots of small parts to lose. On one occasion, I was working on a M33 ASR Teletype, that was located over water*, in a small shack at the end of a pier. Any parts dropped there, were gone. ;-) * The equipment in the shack was used to monitor water levels in a large lake.

Peter B Van Campen

17:36

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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:50, James Knott wrote:

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Kevanf1 wrote:

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I have had a lot of experience with many makes and you can only go so far. Try to take one too many parts from it and suddenly you are likely to hear a 'ping' as a hidden spring flies into who knows where. I think HP used to make a cleaning kit that included a special pad that fitted to the printer and would clean the roller(s) automatically. Might be worthwhile enquiring about with HP.

I also have lots of that sort of experience. Many years ago, I used to spend my days overhauling teletypes and other printers etc. Back in those days, everything was mechanical, with lots of small parts to lose. On one occasion, I was working on a M33 ASR Teletype, that was located over water*, in a small shack at the end of a pier. Any parts dropped there, were gone. ;-)

* The equipment in the shack was used to monitor water levels in a large lake.

So tell us your 'tricks' for not loosing those pesky little parts please. The IBM typewriter guys of past ages had some pretty cool special use tools for these situations. PeterB

James Knott

17:49

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Peter B Van Campen wrote:

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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:50, James Knott wrote:

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* The equipment in the shack was used to monitor water levels in a large lake.

So tell us your 'tricks' for not loosing those pesky little parts please. The IBM typewriter guys of past ages had some pretty cool special use tools for these situations.

The only "trick" was to be very careful. We also carried an "oil cloth", which could be spread over the holes in the floor. Of course we always carried spares of commonly used small parts. The next and more interesting trick, was getting the company car turned around on the pier, before heading back to shore. ;-)

Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.

16:31

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application. On Wednesday May 04, 2005 09:19 am, James Knott wrote:

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Michael W Cocke wrote:

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On Tue, 03 May 2005 15:44:12 -0700, you wrote:

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Can this be done somewhere? Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately. It's so good and has been so trusty (and I don't know anything cheap and comparable that works with Linux out of the box) that I'm hesitant to just throw it away and get a new printer. However, I want it to work correctly. Do you know where you can (if you can) get something like this worked on these days?

Preston

Use isopropal alcohol on a cotton pad (a pad, not a ball - you don't need threads pulling loose). I think most places sell them as makup application pads. Under NO circumstances use any type of solvent! That's what HP taught me when I did their service tech course.

Ummm... Alcohol is a solvent. Perhaps he meant petroleum based solvent, which will likely attack rubber?

-- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry

James Knott

17:02

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.

17:28

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Read the label on the bottle. 70% isopropanol and 30% water. On Wednesday May 04, 2005 11:02 am, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

-- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry

James Knott

17:34

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Read the label on the bottle. 70% isopropanol and 30% water.

On Wednesday May 04, 2005 11:02 am, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

Does the label say "rubbing alcohol" or "isopropyl alcohol"? Also, I said "may contain". Some do, some don't.

Preston Crawford

17:32

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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 11:02 -0400, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

So is isopropyl alcohol also not suitable. Or are they not the same thing? Prestno

James Knott

17:39

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Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 11:02 -0400, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

So is isopropyl alcohol also not suitable. Or are they not the same thing?

Isopropyl alcohol is fine. I was warning about rubbing alcohol, which may contain other ingredients. It might also be ethanol and not isopropyl alcohol.

Charly Baker

17:57

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On Wednesday May 4 2005 11:39 am, James Knott wrote:

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Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 11:02 -0400, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

So is isopropyl alcohol also not suitable. Or are they not the same thing?

Isopropyl alcohol is fine. I was warning about rubbing alcohol, which may contain other ingredients. It might also be ethanol and not isopropyl alcohol. Rubbing alcohol used to be ethanol with a little methanol to discourage consumption. That didn't work of course, and maybe that's why it is often isopropyl alcohol now.

Charly Baker

Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.

18:02

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Of course, it's suitable. I've used it for this application without any problems. On Wednesday May 04, 2005 11:32 am, Preston Crawford wrote:

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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 11:02 -0400, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

So is isopropyl alcohol also not suitable. Or are they not the same thing?

Prestno

-- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry

James Knott

18:20

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Of course, it's suitable. I've used it for this application without any problems.

Please read where I said it "may contain oils". Not all rubbing alcohols do and there are applications where it may not be a problem. However, it's best to avoid the potential problem, my being careful about what you buy.

Kevanf1

21:38

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On 5/4/05, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Of course, it's suitable. I've used it for this application without any problems.

Please read where I said it "may contain oils". Not all rubbing alcohols do and there are applications where it may not be a problem. However, it's best to avoid the potential problem, my being careful about what you buy.

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Yep, agreed 100% with you James. Isopropyl is fine, just make sure it is that and nothing else. If it says anything else on the contents then leave it alone. We may be lucky here in the UK as we can get specifically isopropyl alcohol at some computer parts shops. As for tips and tricks when taking apart printers and the like.... exactly the same. Be very careful. I always used to work on a white or light coloured bench (usually my office desk) and laid each part out carefully. The only specialist tools I had were a set of screwdrivers and some particularly long tweezers :-) The times when I wished for specialist manufacturers tools... I did make a set of screwdrivers once though... -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Tony Alfrey

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Kevanf1 wrote:

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On 5/4/05, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Of course, it's suitable. I've used it for this application without any problems.

Please read where I said it "may contain oils". Not all rubbing alcohols do and there are applications where it may not be a problem. However, it's best to avoid the potential problem, my being careful about what you buy.

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Yep, agreed 100% with you James. Isopropyl is fine, just make sure it is that and nothing else. If it says anything else on the contents then leave it alone. We may be lucky here in the UK as we can get specifically isopropyl alcohol at some computer parts shops.

As for tips and tricks when taking apart printers and the like.... exactly the same. Be very careful. I always used to work on a white or light coloured bench (usually my office desk) and laid each part out carefully. The only specialist tools I had were a set of screwdrivers and some particularly long tweezers :-) The times when I wished for specialist manufacturers tools... I did make a set of screwdrivers once though...

Oh, you guys are such wimps. The best thing to do is to simply get a large pail, fill it with WD-40, and insert the whole printer for 5 minutes. Then pull out the printer and set it on top of the heater vent in your living room for a couple hours to dry out nicely, and you're back in business. That way you don't have to take anything apart. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing"

Kevanf1

22:30

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On 5/4/05, Tony Alfrey wrote:

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Oh, you guys are such wimps. The best thing to do is to simply get a large pail, fill it with WD-40, and insert the whole printer for 5 minutes. Then pull out the printer and set it on top of the heater vent in your living room for a couple hours to dry out nicely, and you're back in business. That way you don't have to take anything apart.

-- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing"

Well it's one way I suppose :-) I'll pass on that method. White spirit is a lot cheaper anyway ;-)))) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Preston Crawford

23:55

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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 12:55 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:

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Kevanf1 wrote:

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On 5/4/05, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Of course, it's suitable. I've used it for this application without any problems.

Please read where I said it "may contain oils". Not all rubbing alcohols do and there are applications where it may not be a problem. However, it's best to avoid the potential problem, my being careful about what you buy.

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Yep, agreed 100% with you James. Isopropyl is fine, just make sure it is that and nothing else. If it says anything else on the contents then leave it alone. We may be lucky here in the UK as we can get specifically isopropyl alcohol at some computer parts shops.

As for tips and tricks when taking apart printers and the like.... exactly the same. Be very careful. I always used to work on a white or light coloured bench (usually my office desk) and laid each part out carefully. The only specialist tools I had were a set of screwdrivers and some particularly long tweezers :-) The times when I wished for specialist manufacturers tools... I did make a set of screwdrivers once though...

Oh, you guys are such wimps. The best thing to do is to simply get a large pail, fill it with WD-40, and insert the whole printer for 5 minutes. Then pull out the printer and set it on top of the heater vent in your living room for a couple hours to dry out nicely, and you're back in business. That way you don't have to take anything apart.

Finally! An EASY solution. :-) Preston

Peter B Van Campen

17:38

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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 10:02, James Knott wrote:

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:

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Alcohol is, indeed, a solvent. But isopropyl alcohol, obtainable at any pharmacy as rubbing alcohol, should work for this application.

Actually, rubbing alcohol is not suitable. It may contain oils etc., that can cause problems.

Ask for anhydrous isoprople alcohol which is usually 91% . This is what IBM supplies for this purpose and other cleaning uses. The other 9% is water. PeterB

Michael James

06:31

New subject: [SLE] OT: Getting the rollers on a Deskjet cleaned/oiled?

On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:44 am, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately.

About once a year, my Apple laserwriter 16/600 stops picking up paper out of the bins. It's because the rubber roller starts to slip on the paper. I "sharpen" it up with a fine diamond card-file, carefully breaking through the glaze of dirt to expose fresh rubber. If you file by turning the roller it keeps it in round, and you can get many sharpenings. FWIW, michaelj -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 Internet Explorer is fine for downloading Firefox, but after that....

Preston Crawford

07:34

New subject: [SLE] OT: Getting the rollers on a Deskjet cleaned/oiled?

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:31 +1000, Michael James wrote:

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On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:44 am, Preston Crawford wrote:

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Our Deskjet 990cxi is acting weird lately.

About once a year, my Apple laserwriter 16/600 stops picking up paper out of the bins.

It's because the rubber roller starts to slip on the paper.

I "sharpen" it up with a fine diamond card-file, carefully breaking through the glaze of dirt to expose fresh rubber. If you file by turning the roller it keeps it in round, and you can get many sharpenings.

FWIW, michaelj

It's worth a lot, actually. You all have given me good advice. I'm going to try cleaning and sharpening this weekend. I had septoplasty surgery yesterday. When I start feeling better, I'm going to give some of these ideas a shot. Thanks! Preston

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