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Article #8021Re: Help: ImageWriter Traction Feed Slips
From: Paul Whitbread
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 04:41
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 04:41
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In article <1989Nov15.212920.3068@arnor.uucp> SUHLER@IBM.COM writes: >I've got a 4-1/2 year old ImageWriter-I whose traction feed began to slip >about six months ago. Whenever I run something heavy through, like an envelope >it slips and print lines run together. > > .... Me too. But mine also slips with standard A4 bond (7gms) paper. I blamed strained springs because I first noticed it after using a borrowed Thunderscanner to digitize a photograph which was on very thick paper. However, it is clearly a problem when the roller is dirty. My partial solution has been to clean the roller with alcohol (meth spirits, not brandy!) each time I have trouble. But don't expect this to work too well or for too long. I find it very frustrating to be printing a multipage document and find some of the pages that I didn't watch carefully are no good. Paul Whitbread pxw@augean.ua.oz.au
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mimir!hugin!augean!pxw From: pxw@augean.OZ (Paul Whitbread) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Help: ImageWriter Traction Feed Slips Summary: Cleaning the roller helps, but doesn't cure Keywords: imagewriter I, slipping paper Message-ID: <660@augean.OZ> Date: 17 Nov 89 04:41:51 GMT References: <1989Nov15.212920.3068@arnor.uucp> Organization: Engineering Faculty, University of Adelaide, Australia Lines: 19