Digital BW, The Print

> I modified the MIS CFS setup so that I could keep the lid on and closed while
> not using it, and put a homemade humidifier (a sponge and a plastic container)
> inside it, in an attempt to convince the printer that's it's in Florida
> instead of California. Apparently printers don't clog in Florida.

Actually some truth to that. In dry climates or the winter in the North you
need to maintain at least 40% humidity where your printer is. Will help
clogging problem big time. Florida is fairly humid year round.

Nick

>> I modified the MIS CFS setup so that I could keep the lid on and closed
>while
>> not using it, and put a homemade humidifier (a sponge and a plastic
>container)
>> inside it, in an attempt to convince the printer that's it's in Florida
>> instead of California. Apparently printers don't clog in Florida.
>
>Actually some truth to that. In dry climates or the winter in the North you
>need to maintain at least 40% humidity where your printer is. Will help
>clogging problem big time. Florida is fairly humid year round.
>
>Nick

I did a halfhearted search for humidifiers, thinking of some itty-bitty
thing I could stick in the printer, but didn't find anything. So I did
the sponge-in-a-plastic-cup-of-water thing. I suppose I could keep some
tropical fruit in there as well.

Harry Saddler | hsaddler@...

> I did a halfhearted search for humidifiers . . . .

I have a Hunter humidifier right next to my 2200.  The nice thing 
about the Hunter is that it has a digital humidistat that you can set 
to a given humidity (I use 45%).  You can read a review of it here:

http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/hunhealhumpl.html#review

I bought mine at Lowe's.

I also keep an Ebac _de_-humidifier in my room for the summertime 
when I have to reduce the humidity to keep fungus from growing on my 
camera lenses.  The joys of living in the mid-atlantic region. ;)

Dan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Honemann 
<dan_honemann@y...>" <dan_honemann@y...> wrote:
> > I did a halfhearted search for humidifiers . . . .
> 
> I have a Hunter humidifier right next to my 2200.  The nice thing 
> about the Hunter is that it has a digital humidistat that you can 
set 
> to a given humidity (I use 45%).  You can read a review of it here:
> 
> http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/hunhealhumpl.html#review
> 
> I bought mine at Lowe's.
> 
> I also keep an Ebac _de_-humidifier in my room for the summertime 
> when I have to reduce the humidity to keep fungus from growing on my 
> camera lenses.  The joys of living in the mid-atlantic region. ;)
> 
> Dan

I use AFAIK the only UV light sterilizer humidifier- Slant/Fin makes 
two of them. I've seen the smaller one at Bed Bath and Beyond. I 
overrode the humidstat with elctronic surgery to add a remote  
electronic sensor, and it is very accurate now as well as being "germ 
free". It's supposed to kill off spores between the heating element 
and the UV light.
Jim H.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Harry Saddler 
<hsaddler@p...> wrote:
> >> I modified the MIS CFS setup so that I could keep the lid on and 
closed
> >while
> >> not using it, and put a homemade humidifier (a sponge and a 
plastic
> >container)
> >> inside it, in an attempt to convince the printer that's it's in 
Florida
> >> instead of California. Apparently printers don't clog in Florida.
> >
> >Actually some truth to that. In dry climates or the winter in the 
North you
> >need to maintain at least 40% humidity where your printer is. Will 
help
> >clogging problem big time. Florida is fairly humid year round.
> >
> >Nick
>

No dice on the sponge trick...how are you going to convince the TUBING 
it's in Florida as well so it won't evaporate it's solvent to the 
outside, thru the permeable wall?

I use a "Slant/Fin" humidifier, I've seen them at Bed Bath and Beyond, 
it being the only one I know of that uses a UV light bulb to sterilize 
the water (preventing mold). The humidstat is adequate to keep about 
37%RH to 50%RH, but I re-engineered it with a remote electronic sensor 
so now I hold 43%-46%RH except during rapid temperature changes.

 I run distilled water thru it which I distill myself with a cheap 
$100 distiller that I also had to repair/modify as it gradually fell 
apart over the years<g>. Water distillers are a big rip off item, but 
I really need them here as all we have is well water. It tastes better 
than any bottled water I ever had but is well over 200 ppm calcium. So 
to avoid white dust depositing in your room, you might think about 
using distilled in the humidifier if you have hard water...
Jim H.

> I did a halfhearted search for humidifiers, thinking of some 
itty-bitty
> thing I could stick in the printer, but didn't find anything. So I 
did
> the sponge-in-a-plastic-cup-of-water thing. I suppose I could keep 
some

> tropical fruit in there as well.
> 
> Harry Saddler | hsaddler@p...

> I overrode the humidstat with elctronic surgery to add a remote  
> electronic sensor, and it is very accurate now

Jim,

I also own a Slant/Finn and much prefer it to the Hunter because it 
is absolutely silent.  My one big gripe with it is that the 
humidistat control is so inaccurate it might as well be a toggle: 
when I turn it past the first position, the humidifier stays on 
constantly; when I set it on 1 or below, it never comes on.

My ideal humidifier would be a Slant/Finn with a digital humidistat 
that's accurate.  Barring that, I'd love to hear how you rigged yours 
to make it work (maybe better through email at this point, since 
we're getting rather far from b&w prints).

Dan