Re: IWII smearing

[DoNOT@feed.trolls (SlickRCBD)]

In article <3d691ff7@news.svn.net>, "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote:

> "Adalbert Goertz" <goertz@cyberspace.org> wrote in message
> 00034cf1719-522-1488@www.goblinsreach.org">news:00034cf1719-522-1488@www.goblinsreach.org...
> > My ImageWriterII recently smears the ink along the printed lines.
> > Is there an adjustment to prevent this from happening?
> 
> There is a head gap adjustment. It's a lever that moves the printhead closer
> or farther from the paper.
> However, this problem can be caused by a worn-out ribbon, or a damaged
> printhead.  The printhead fires wires which press the ribbon against the
> paper, making a little dot of ink on the paper. Sometimes one of the wires
> snags on the ribbon and gets bent, so it doesn't retract after firing. Then
> it rubs against the ribbon and paper as the printhead moves across the
> paper, leaving a line.
> 
> If that's the problem, the only practical fix is to replace the printhead or
> printer. Since they are pretty common and cheap it's not as big a deal as
> when they were new and expensive.
> -Paul
One other remote possibilty is that if you tried to re-ink the ribbon
using either the WD-40 trick or actual ink, you might not have let enough
of the excess ink run off before using it. Been there, done that.

Now if only I knew how to re-ink a color ribbon. I'm considering buying a
new printer since I can't find color ribbons anymore. I've got two new
ones left an one that's still ok, but when they're gone I won't be able to
use The Print Shop to make color stuff anymore.

Trouble is nobody sells serial printers anymore, only USB. Not even Apple
stores.

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