I was thinking more of a StyleWriter II. Recreate the setup I had in the school library with my LC III and 13" RGB monitor. There's just something about the way printouts look from clarisworks 4 onto that stylewriter.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Christian Wacker <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
