Re: IW-II Printhead.

[ab616@cfn.cs.dal.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)]

John L. Graham (fl332@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:

: I'm trouble-shooting an IW-II for my son's 3rd grade class and I
: suspect the culprit is a dirty or just plain worn out printhead.
: The self-test runs fine, but the print quality is aweful. Test prints
: of solid black shapes suggests that two pins may not be firing at all,
: and the others aren't firing cleanly. The result is a dirty, fuzzy
: printout with blank stripes running across it. I've pulled the printhead
: and it looks well worn. I'm half tempted to either swab the pins with
: a light lubricant (3-in-1) or mild organic solvent (pentane or hexane),
: but I thought I'd check in with you wise folks before trying anything
: rash. Ideas? Thoughts? Good two-liners?


My Imagewriter II has about 200 pages of print in the last four years on it 
and does the same thing. My print head is virtually new by that reckoning 
and yet the print quality is terrible. My Commodore MPS1250 makes the 
Imagewriter II look sick!

Any ideas??

TC