carbide@egine.com wrote:
golfrock wrote:I put alcohol on the print holes and let it soak for a while. That doesn't help.Don't use alcohol, use water. I don't remember the details of the Stylewriter, but I've revived many hp inkjets by soaking the cartridge/printhead in a little water- 1 cm in a glass mug, just enough to cover the printhead. I've fixed Canons using a folded paper towel saturated with water. I place that in contact with the printhead and let it sit for a while so capillary action can work to dissolve the dried ink which is causing the problem.
I've also had good success with this technique.
Is this just a lost cause?An Imagewriter II will be a lot more reliable. If the ribbon dries out you can revive it with a few drops of WD-40 or similar. You'll still be able to print with one in 30 years. Not likely with a Stylewriter I...
Yes, I was just struck the other day by the huge difference in strength between dot matrix printers (especially the C. Itoh engine) and inkjet printers. The people who made dot matrix printers were in the printer business, not the ribbon business; but the people who make inkjet printers are *clearly* in the cartridge business! Minimizing the cost of the printer so it can be "given away" is key to their success. -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."