Steve, Making them smaller, getting them in line and in different shades is an option for an ecologically sound quad printer. There's a crush step involved of course. Ernst ----- Original Message ----- From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@...> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Marching ants (this is not a Photoshop question!) > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. > No Late Fees & Free Shipping. > Try Netflix for FREE! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/YoVfrB/XP.FAA/uetFAA/ucIolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------~-> > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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Re: [Digital BW] Marching ants (this is not a Photoshop question!)
2003-05-04 by Ernst Dinkla
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