Digital BW, The Print

Martin-

Replace the carts once a year is meaningful only to you (or maybe 
not...like changing the oil in your car once a year even if you don't 
drive it?)...how many prints would you make in a year...then maybe 
more specifically how many square feet of ink do you lay down.

I agree with the idea of some level of white paper or info sheet 
based on our experiences that could be available in the files for 
newcomers. But I guess we need to reduce the data to quantified 
benchmarks for it to work. 

Wonder if we could post a word or excel document that is not read 
only so we can collaborate and annotate to our hearts content?

tom


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tboleyyh" <tyler@t...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:28 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Clogging
> 
> 
> > another quick thought about clogging. It's worth taking the time 
to brush
> the paper before printing. Paper dust and lint can
> > easily acumulate on the heads requiring an under the heads wipe 
with
> windex or whatever. Helps with papers that have a
> > tendency to flake also.
> 
> Tyler,
> 
> Good advice on both. What we really need is a maintenace manual 
that gives
> us the "change the oil every 6 months or 5000 miles whichever comes 
first"
> in terms of square feet of paper and time.
> 
> It maybe worth occassionally doing a nozzle clean cycle even if the 
nozzle
> check is okay, or periodically running some cleaning carts or OEM 
carts,
> doing the under the head cleaning you mention (I am using Quickie 
brand
> Sponge Cloths that I got at the supermarket with water and rubbing 
alcohol),
> replace the cartridge portion of the CIS at least once a year and 
ultimately
> toss the printer when it is worn out.
> 
> Lacking any official guidelines it would be worthwhile for all of 
us to
> develop a routine of preventive maintenance that makes sense for our
> individual usage.
> 
> Martin Wesley