Re: Imagewriter II print head

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Tim Haynes (tshaynes@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: In article <31AB2A02.42B3@s2.sonnet.com>,
: Daryl Morgan  <dcm@s2.sonnet.com> wrote:
: >Where can I buy a replacement print head for an Imagewriter II. Or, where
: >can I get mine overhauled? It drags a fuzzy line across the page even
: >where there are no characters, as though part of it is wiping on the
: >paper.

: Might be worth cleaning the printhead first.  I believe you can also set
: the distance that the printhead is from the platen.

: When cleaning the printhead, it comes out like an expansion card would,
: except that there's a white clip you have to push out of the way before
: it slides (read: tugged like heck) out of its socket.  Use WD-40 to clean
: the head, and a cue-tip as an applicator.  

: I don't remember how to set the platen distance.

It's that little black lever inside the printer on the far right end,
attached to the silver bar that the print head runs along.  It's kind of
hidden under the shroud behind the paper advance knob.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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