Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the post. We're monsoon righht now, but it won't be long before we get back to below 10 percent. My printers are bigger than this, but I will have to try and rig something.

gar

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On 9/7/2009 at 7:58 PM outdoornm wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I am printing with an Epson C88+ printer configured with a MIS CFS system.
>  It works pretty well, but I notice a few cleaning cycles are required if
>I have not printed in a few days.  I understand that this is par for the
>course in a dry desert environment.   Since I planned to be away from my
>office for over a week, I devised a way to keep my print heads from drying
>out.   I found a cardboard box that fits over my printer(paper support
>removed) as well as a tall narrow plastic container to hold water.  I did
>not remove any cables but folded some duct tape along the bottom edge of
>the box. The loose tape pretty much closes the openings along the bottom
>of the box. 
>
>I was away for 10 days and came back to a perfect test pattern-ya!   To my
>surprise the water in the container was down about 3/4" The container I
>chose for the water was about the size of a binocular case(tall and
>narrow), since this fit well against the side of the printer. 
>
>I offer this as a simple, inexpensive method to keep printers functioning
>in the desert-it worked for me.
>
>Lincoln 
>