Michael ODonnell wrote: >> feed rollers on some scanners and printers. Basically, they >> get glazed and cannot pull the paper. Cleaning the feed rollers >> helps sometimes. Typically I use alcohol to clean them and then, >> if I'm still having a problem, a very, very mild abrasive >> > I'll second that and as an aside I'll comment (having > run printing presses and mail processing equipment in a > previous life) that automated paper handling is a problem > that gets %0.01 of the respect it deserves. Considering the > essentially infinite combination of infuriatingly subtle > variables (static electricity, fiber quality, temperature, > moisture [ambient as well as absorbed], friction coefficients, > roller degradation, fouling by dust/grease/fibers, etc, etc) > it's a fscking miracle printers work at all, never mind that > most of the time you don't even have to think about them. > Amen. I've worked in & out of the printing & publishing industry for about thirty years. Good pressmen have amazed me getting good print out of poor ink and lousy paper and quirky presses.
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