Digital BW, The Print

>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
>  
>

----- 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
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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