Digital BW, The Print

Saturday, August 24, 2002, 5:09:55 PM, Peter McLennan wrote:


>>   Somehow it seems my rollers get "tired"
>>and start to less accurately move the paper forward after each head
>>return.

PM> I wonder if this might be a lubrication issue?  Squeaking?  Sounds suspicious.



>>But then later if I let the printer "cool down" it works
>>fine.  In fact I finished my 15 print run of Super A3's finally but
>>only doing 2 prints, then resting the printer for an hour or so,
>>then 2 again.

PM> My 1160 would intermittently stop dead, right in the middle of a 
PM> print.  Turned out it was the silver platen bar that was needing 
PM> lube.  Could your feed roller bearings need a drop of oil?

PM> Peter


Yes, Peter, you could be right. Perhaps when the printer is started
up "cold" the lubricant on the rollers is well "established" but as a
few prints go through the lubricant is temporarily depleted, the
squeaking starts, and the rollers do not move so smoothly resulting in a
mis-movement and the resulting banding. Then if I turn the printer off
and let it sit the lubricant somehow "re-coats" onto the rollers. ????
This seems from what's happening to be the case, but I'm still puzzled
as to how. Also where in the world I would put a few drops of oil (let
alone which oil)?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Best regards,
 Richard  

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