I have a StyleWriter 2500 laying around somewhere, it might be of some use to you for some random parts or something. I was just going to blast it to pieces with some M-80 explosives, but if someone has a use for it, I'm all for saving an electronic device from my mad ideas.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Robert Alpizar<[email protected]> wrote: > Well, we can cancel my pleas for help, at least for the stylewriter. I > killed the printhead. Ripped the nozzle end off of the main body and it's > now not going to come back together. > > Still, my question about other printers stands. Anywhere to find a list of > printers with mac serial ports? > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Mr. David C. Wilker Jr. > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I remeber when i was married to a drug user. She would put Polident >> tablets in her smoking aparatus. I guess the fizzing helped. >> >> >> If we cannot afford to take care of our veterans, then we should stop >> making them. >> David C. Wilker Jr. >> USAF (RET) >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Robert Alpizar >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:37 PM >> Subject: Re: Stylewriter help >> I'm going to try the windex part next. I pulled the ejection nozzles/pcb >> part off the main body of the cartridge tray and ran it under nice hot tap >> water and then soaked it in alcohol/water overnight. I let it dry out and >> then tried it again, but got the result I mentioned earlier. >> >> I'm thinking I may have to replace the part altogether though, I don't >> think it liked being disassembled. I am looking for a replacement just in >> case. >> >> Is there a list of some kind somewhere that tells what printers were made >> with mac serial ports? I've started looking at deskwriters and other >> stylewriters. I've even been looking at image writers on ebay. At least I >> know those can survive bomb blasts and still print. >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Rodolfo Gil Pernía >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi there. >>> >>> First step unclogging printheads: Are you sure that your ink cartridge >>> actually has ink left inside it?. >>> >>> Water and alcohol will not dilute injection ink. Hot water is a way to, >>> let say, “melt” ink, it will work with shallow dry ink. >>> >>> This is what I do: use distiller water (or bottled water such Evian). >>> Heat the water in the microwave to the point that it is almost boiling (be >>> careful). Soak the printhead (only the nozzle or the injection side, not the >>> whole print head). In the meantime, heat more water in another container, >>> when the temperature goes down, move the heads to the new hot water. Recycle >>> water and re-heat. Allow the print heads to be in hot water for about >>> 10minutes. While the printhead is still warm, press the nozzles side onto a >>> lint free fabric, like an old cotton t-shirt. The ink will wick into the >>> fabric from the nozzles as the water is drawn out of the printhead. Don’t >>> rub the cloth across the nozzles, just press it. Do this several times, >>> when you change printhead to new hot water. To test, put the printheads >>> back to the printer and run the cleaning routine if aviable or print a paper >>> with a pattern of four full vertical colored frames in CMYK colors (I mean >>> cian, magenta, yellow and black). Sometimes you will need to full print two >>> or three letter size papers to see the colors OK. >>> >>> If the printhead is still clogged, then you will need to “torture” >>> the printhead. Look at the supermarket for a glass/windows cleaner with >>> ammonia (fuller, windex). Ammonia will dilute the injection ink. It will >>> clean the surface of your printer (ink residues) very nice. Do not buy >>> alcohol based window cleaner, it is the same as using water. Repeat the >>> cleaning process again with hot ammonia cleaner instead of water. Soak the >>> printhead overnight. Be carefull when heating cleaner in the microwave, it >>> can blew up and made a mess. Heat up the cleaner just to the point that it >>> will starts to boil (watch the time, I use a cup with 1cm of cleaner level >>> and 25 seconds on mine). If you soak overnight then almos sure your nozzles >>> will have ink leakage. Use absorbent paper and allow the paper to be in >>> contact with nozzles for some time (one hour or more) until ink leakage >>> stops. >>> >>> I only have experience with HP products and I have recovered old ink >>> cartridges+printhead doing this on HP#17 and HP#15 and printheads HP#10 for >>> plotter. >>> >>> I hope this help you. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Rodolfo. >>> >>> P.S. Sorry for bugs in my English. >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 10:03:23 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: Stylewriter help >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> So, I tried the running under hot tap water. I've tried the soaking in >>> alcohol. Neither seemed to work. The printer still goes through the action >>> of printing, but nothing comes out on the page. The printhead itself has >>> residue from ink passing through it after the print cycle, but nothing came >>> out on the page. >>> >>> Any ideas? Or as the head just dead? >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. >>> Check it out. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. 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