Thanks! I will just stick to the compressed air. I have another braille printer that is completely dead, that I plan to send off for some work, and when I get it back, most likely will send this one if it continues to act up. At least in the short term, it works. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RAWest" <rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:21 AM Subject: RE: Repair question for my braille printer.
Glad you were able to get the printer feeding again. Don't use oil. 1 Oil on the rubber won't make things feed nice. 2oil is a very short term solution for printer lubrication. When it dries it cakes up. 3 you need a dry lubrication like silicone, or Teflon or even lithium.4 Not a good idea to spray into the print better to put the lubrication on arag and wipe it onto the mechanical parts of the printer. Alcohol is a good cleaner but will dry out the rollers after awhile. They have products to revitalize the rubber rollers if it is needed. Hope this helps -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Byrne Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:02 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Repair question for my braille printer. Oil and rubber sure don't like each other, much!! Sometimes alcohol will clean up rollers quite well. The pads that they use to clean an injection site work great. I scammed a few when I got my flu shot. Good luck and congrats. on the compressed air. Pat ByrneAt 07:03 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote:What a difference, a little compressed air makes! It seems that cured the problem, at least in the short term. I'm not sure how long it will work. I was wondering do I need to oil the rollers or anything in the printer, or would that be a bad idea? Someone suggested that to me, but I did not want to take a chance. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>RAWest To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:32 AM Subject: RE: Repair question for my braille printer. Do you happen to have a can of compressed air? If so Try blowing out the paper entrance. Sometimes paper fragments get stuck in there causing the paper to not feed properly. It does not take a large piece to cause this condition. It is good to blow out the printer every once and a while because it as well as other items are dust collectors. Hope this helps ---------- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Mote Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 7:41 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Repair question for my braille printer. It is continous feed paper. The printer kind of sticks as the paper is being pulled through, and the braille is all jumbled up, and you can't rea it. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>RAWest To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:22 PM Subject: RE: Repair question for my braille printer. Is this printer single sheet or is it sprocket fanfold continuous feedpaper.Just curious ---------- From: <mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Mote Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:27 PM To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Repair question for my braille printer. Hi folks. Sorry if this is off topic, but maybe someone can e-mail me privately. I have a braille blazer, and the paper is not feeding right. When I print something, the paper doesn't get pushed through on the tractor feeds. I'm probably going to have to send it off. I thought though I might ask on the list if someone have a solutio I could try first. Also, if anyone has had one repaired, how zuickly do you get your printer back? Again, I don't mean to clutter the list, but wasn't sure who to e-mail. Thanks for any help.-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribefrom this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with theword unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact thelist owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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