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From: mrp@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (marcus.r.prickett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 1027 Letter Quality printer
Summary: It needs cleaning and a lube job...
Message-ID: <12602@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 90 19:55:11 GMT
References: <90010.202942BGB100@PSUVM.BITNET>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <90010.202942BGB100@PSUVM.BITNET>, BGB100@PSUVM.BITNET (Bruce Blanar) writes:

> with no warning, it starts to print garbage and skip spaces and such.  I'm

Mine did the same thing, a good cleaning job fixed it right up.  You have
to clean the rails for both the print head and the strike plate since they
both slide back and forth.  Use a silicone type lubricant to re-oil the
rails.  Regular machine oil tends to collect dust too quick.  I used a
lint free swab (no Q-tips, the cotton fibers get stuck on the rails) and
cleaned the rails with WD-40 first (since the old oil was gummed-up) then
I cleaned off the WD-40 with Isopropal Alcohol.  After they dried I put
on the silicon lubricant stuff.  Works great now, if only it was faster!

> printer is dying for good?  I have suggested cleaning the printer up and

Doing the cleaning mentioned above should fix it right up, don't toss it.
Hope it helps out...
Marcus Prickett
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