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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Response:  Slipping ImageWriter
Message-ID: <5191@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 89 17:36:19 GMT
References: <1989Nov21.202317.22255@arnor.uucp>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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From Daniel Mackay, MACKAY@DALAT.BITNET:
> I use oil of wintergreen (available at your local drugstore) to deglaze 
> the platen for my customers and myself.  Be really careful with it; it 
> will melt the CLEAR plastic parts of your IW and scar the opaque plastic 
> parts.  

This sounds like a 'scarry' thing to do.

Typewriter/Office Supply stores have products that are designed to
clean typewriter plattens.  This stuff works wonders on printer
plattens that are gummed up.  It will not hurt plastic parts. You can
also get stuff that keeps plattens from getting hard.

-- 
William C. DenBesten   is   denbeste@bgsu.edu  or   denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet