[duxuser] Re: Portathiel again!!
- From: André van Deventer <secretary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:27:38 +0200
Hi George!
Copying this to the chap who work on braille printers close to me. He is
one of a very few persons who do this in SA.
Alex actually opened the machine as to your instructions and the bad news is
that the roller in the center is so badly degraded that your fingers almost
stick to it when you touch it. He says he cannot understand that the chap
who sent it to me sa ys it was still working. Right until he sent it to me
last week. He says that it is actually not surprising at all that the paper
will not feed properly at all.
He says though that it will probably be a devil of a job replacing the
roller as you would probably have to strip down the machine quite a bit.
The strange thing is that the right side roller seems to be almost
completely new and not worn at all.
Andre
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 07 September 2010 01:02 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Portathiel again!!
Hi Andre,
Actually they were really quite good little embossers and one of the very
few which could take both single sheets as well as both continuous paper,
with and without sprockets. We sold many Porta-Thiels, the last of which
was in 2000, so they are at least 10 years old now. With replacement rubber
rollers (now made from a better material) they should last another 10 years.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre van Deventer
Sent: 07 September 2010 11:39
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Portathiel again!!
Thanx george
Is it just me or is the paper feed really so bad and unreliable? Heve you
used one of them?
Andre
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 07 September 2010 12:32 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Portathiel again!!
Hi Andre,
Do you have anyone to hand who can remove the top cover? It's relatively
simple to do with just a couple of screws at the rear.
Inside towards the front, there will be two rubber rollers.
Given the likely age of the machine, my best guess is that you will find the
rubber on one or both of these feed rollers has disintegrated.
On the other hand, it could simply be that some paper has somehow become
lodged in the embosser.
Unfortunately I don't know who is currently servicing and repairing Thiel
embossers in the States these days - they are/were manufactured by O.N/C.E.
in Spain.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre van Deventer
Sent: 07 September 2010 11:13
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Portathiel again!!
Hi all
I recently asked for some info regarding the portathiel and duxbury.
Thanks
for everyone who responded.
But it seems that my needs are actually more basic at this stage ...
I can't even get this printer to feed paper properly. It keeps pulling the
paper askew each time. Is there something I don't understand here?
I have worked with a few printers but this is probably the worst paper feed
mechanism I have ever seen!!
Andre
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