Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I know it's no joke. We have problems when these ants start moving in 
the spring. There is no crack they can't get through and sometimes I 
think they move through walls.

Ant traps on the floor around your printer might work. The best bet is 
to find out how they are getting in the house and spread boric acid 
crystals around outside the house there.

Good luck. We fought a year long battle with these guys and I think 
(fingers crossed) we have it licked.

Truman

Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

>Seems I'm getting all the oddball problems right now... here's a 
>really weird one. It seems the species of ant known in the South as 
>a sugar ant (tiny, black, attracted to sweets) likes ink! I keep 
>finding them inside my 1280, occasionally I get one or two glued to 
>a print, and if I have a clogging problem and clean the bottom of 
>the head, sometimes I find a tiny body or two smeared into the glop 
>on the paper towel. If I get sloppy and leave inks drops on the 
>counter after cart-refilling, in the morning there will be a cirle 
>of tiny bodies busily dring away at the stuff. So what do I do, set 
>a few ant-motel bait traps in my 1280? Fumigate it once a week? Mix 
>insecticide in the ink? Buy an ant-eater! yeah! that's the ticket!
>
>This is not a joke! Though I can't help laughing...
>
>Steve Karafyllakis
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