Digital BW, The Print

How about keeping an open jar of water right near your printer like they
do for pianos? That should work.

Jerry






Harry Saddler 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
> 
> 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@...
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Funny you mention piano tuning...my wife is studying to be a piano 
tuner and her sister is a master piano tuner. Actually she uses 
something called a "Dampp-Chaser"- A device that monitors humididy 
levels and both adds humidity to air and reduces it when nessecary by 
heating the air. I gather these things are stuck under pianos or near 
them.

 I have a spare one- the sensor part anyway. Looks like it would be 
usefull, as the little box has 120 volt standard plugin sockets, one 
to plug in a humidifying unit, one to turn on a de-humidifying unit. 
So I imagine plugging in a light or a buzzer that would go off to warn 
me of either extreme. You can't set them, but they trigger in the 
exact range desired for Epson printers.
Jim H.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> How about keeping an open jar of water right near your printer like 
they
> do for pianos? That should work.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Harry Saddler 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
> > 
> > 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...
> > 
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is 
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