jeffj@sfmin.UUCP (J.S.Jonas) (12/02/85)
[what fun is a printer that doesn't sound like marching men?]
I think that ink clogging has been a problem since the first pen.
Anybody who has used drafting equipment knows all too well that anything
that uses ink will clog. I think the dilemma is that an ink that dries too
quickly will dry in the pen, but if it dries too slowly it will smear.
I used an Exxon ink jet printer, and it came with a cleaning kit,
which consisted of a plastic cards with a foam strip. You moistened the
strip with some fluid (mainly denatured alcohol) and rubbed the
front of the head. It made a mess (the solvent appropriately became
black and smeared on the card and the paper in the printer)
but it really cleaned the jets (all 18 of them). A nice machine,
but it was on loan so one day the men came and took it quite away.
My Olivetti spark-jet printer hasn't clogged, but it has
its problems (by design). Did anyone else get that DAK special
(and is willing to admit it)?
Jeff 'sprtizensparken' Skot
{ihnp4 | allegra | mcnc ...} attunix ! jeffj