joltes@husc9.harvard.edu (Richard Joltes) (11/16/90)
Hopefully someone out there still owns an LQP02 or two...
Harvard still owns a fair number of these machines (DEC Letter-Quality Printers
from "awhile back") but we're having a problem. The drive belts that perform
printhead movement are drying out and cracking. The belt is a typical
reinforced rubber smooth-on-one-side-and-caterpillar-on-the-other type, about
7/16" wide and maybe 3' in length. DEC still sells them, but only if you also
buy a replacement printhead (so it costs you $105 for a new belt...:-{ ).
Luckily, though, I have a belt that's marked "Chemi-Flex 504T83" (it doesn't
anymore...) and am trying to find a source. Anyone else out there discovered
one?
Thanks in advance. If I receive enough "please tell me too" responses (and an
answer as well) I'll post the source to the net.
Dick Joltes joltes@husc9.harvard.edu
Mgr. of Hardware & Facilities
Harvard University Science Center