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From: jeffj@sfmin.UUCP (J.S.Jonas)
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Subject: Yet another way to unclog ink jets
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 13:59:21 EST
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[what fun is a printer that doesn't sound like marching men?]

	I think that ink clogging has been a problem since the first pen.
Anybody who has used drafting equipment knows all too well that anything
that uses ink will clog.  I think the dilemma is that an ink that dries too
quickly will dry in the pen, but if it dries too slowly it will smear.

	I used an Exxon ink jet printer, and it came with a cleaning kit,
which consisted of a plastic cards with a foam strip.  You moistened the
strip with some fluid (mainly denatured alcohol) and rubbed the
front of the head.  It made a mess (the solvent appropriately became
black and smeared on the card and the paper in the printer)
but it really cleaned the jets (all 18 of them).  A nice machine,
but it was on loan so one day the men came and took it quite away.

	My Olivetti spark-jet printer hasn't clogged, but it has
its problems (by design).  Did anyone else get that DAK special
(and is willing to admit it)?

				Jeff 'sprtizensparken' Skot
				{ihnp4 | allegra | mcnc ...} attunix ! jeffj