On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:50, James Knott wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
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