Digital BW, The Print

Excellent! For my own reference, can you describe the kind of
detergent used? You mean "dishwashing liquid" right? "Dishwashing
detergent" is the stuff I think of as being put in dishwashers.

Any special ingredients you avoided/included in your brand? How dilute
a solution with water? Did you change the dilution towards more water
as you got toward your final seventh cleaning? Did you wipe across all
the rollers from insde bed  quickly and feed sheet? Or from output
tray since bottom rollers may be easier to get to that way? That would
only cover a small part of the roller perimeter.

Sorry for all the questions, Daniel. Lately I'm wondering if the
rollers can also leave tiny white dots/fibers from flakings from
previous paper transport which then might get pressed down onto paper
as it dries. Just a theroy- which may mean I'll use your procedure,
hence all the detailed questions. It could be coming from flaking from
the existing sheet as well.
Jim H.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver"
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> Finally! I managed to get rid of those damn exit roller marks when
> printing on glossy papers with my 2100.
> 
> I did exactly what the manual says not to do and used some mild
> dishwashing detergent diluted in water to wash both the exit rollers and
> the thick rollers that are just below the exit rollers. I think it was
> important to clean both as the top rollers seemed to pick up dirt and
> dust from the ones below.
> 
> I used the cleaning spatula that comes with the 2100, dipped it into the
> soap water and squeezed it before washing the rollers. After getting all
> the rollers wet I would run a cleaning sheet through the printer which
> had the double effect of drying the rollers and rotating them so I could
> get them clean on all sides. I repeated this procedure about six or
> seven times, after which the rollers were visibly cleaner.
> 
> I've run some test sheets of Ilford Smooth Pearl through my printer now,
> and I can't see roller marks anywhere.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no