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From: cssrajh@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Alan J Holmes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Problems with a Star NX-10 printer
Message-ID: <1146@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: 1 Nov 89 09:53:23 GMT
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Reply-To: cssrajh@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Alan J Holmes)
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In article <688.2548CE8F@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>I've had this Star NX-10 printer for about 3 years, and in that time,
>
>The print quality has slowly deteriorated.  It used to be that I would
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>possible).  What's wrong with my printer?  Can it be fixed?  Am I
>going to have to replace it?

It may be that the print head is gummed up with dried ink, when I have
had that problem (and it seems fairly common with impact printers), I
soak the head in either Isopropanal Alchohol or Methylated Spirits
for a couple of hours, the alchohol wil disolve the dried ink and the
origional print quality should return.

Regards

Alan Holmes