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Rowland,

I tried your suggestion of sitting the head in deionised water overnight and
it worked a treat!

Thanks for the tip

Brendan

In article <1d6y2f6.mmyglcsf3mfmN@p52.nas1.is2.u-net.net>,
  real-address-in-sig@rhu.barb.foobar (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:
>
> <brendan@omah.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know how to get the ink flowing on a Stylewriter cartridge?  My
> > old cartridge has just run out and when I replaced it with a new one I just
> > get blank pages.  I've tried shaking it
>
> Not a great idea.
>
> > and rubbing the head on blotting
> > paper.
>
> This might have damaged the head beyond repair.
>
> >  I haven't done anything silly like leaving the plastic cover on the
> > write head!
>
> Well, if the cartridge is undamaged (which is unlikely after rubbing the
> head on blotting paper), you could try sitting it in deionised (*not*
> tap) water overnight to see if that'll soften anything that's bunging up
> the jets.   It might be that the electrical contacts are grubby -
> cleaning then with a gentle wipe from a lint-free cloth soaked in switch
> cleaner (for preference) or meths might help.
>
> Rowland.
>
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