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Post by alloydog on Sept 17, 2019 7:00:09 GMT -9
I don't use my printer that often, but when I do, I usually find the first print-out is crap. I have to open up the printer, take out the ink cartridges and give the heads a wipe. That fixes the problem. I can't work out why the print-heads keep getting clogged with dust and stuff. Here is a photo of the printer:  |
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 17, 2019 8:44:24 GMT -9
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Post by marcpasquin on Sept 17, 2019 9:15:21 GMT -9
I don't use my printer that often, but when I do, I usually find the first print-out is crap. I have to open up the printer, take out the ink cartridges and give the heads a wipe. That fixes the problem. I can't work out why the print-heads keep getting clogged with dust and stuff. Here is a photo of the printer: Dunno about the print heads but that big black rotating drums looks like it could use some defluffing. |
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Post by wyvern on Sept 17, 2019 9:33:28 GMT -9
More seriously, I recall someone mentioning that inkjet printers need regular use - something like every couple of days at least - to prevent ink-clogging problems in general. Can't actually find the comment now I need it, of course, but my relatively new printer manual does say something similar, about not leaving too long a break between printing sessions to prevent clogging. Doesn't quite say what's meant by "too long" however...
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 17, 2019 11:30:37 GMT -9
Do the tank printers have that same problem?  Seriously, since I work two jobs and am studying for a separate business, I've noticed a drop in print quality when I have gone a week without printing anything |
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Post by ignatious on Sept 17, 2019 11:47:04 GMT -9
My wife just came into the room and found me crying reading this post. The reason being that Simon whom we adopted at approximately at four weeks of age after being abandoned by his mother on an adjacent property and subsequently being my best friend for the past fourteen years died in my arms last night. My heart is broken but somehow this helps warm my soul. Thank you.
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 17, 2019 12:15:07 GMT -9
So sorry to hear that. I've lately been wondering about the mortality of my cute cuddly balls of evil.   Bootsie, the black one has been around as a feral cat since I found her trapped on the neighbor's roof (two-story house with no trees around) back in 2009. She became an indoor cat about six months before Maxine died, just short of twenty years old. So it was Bootsie and Max for over a year. Max was blind and died just short of 19 years old. At that point, Bootsie was inside and I took care of a lot of feral cats, including Calico above, who has been around for almost seven years. Pretty good for a feral cat. Not long after she came around, GrayC came around. When I took her to be fixed, they weren't sure that she hadn't already been fixed, but they wouldn't x-ray or cut her open to find out, so with an 85% likelihood that she couldn't have kittens, I decided to bring her in. After so long, I'm sure going to miss these little rats when they are gone. As much as I missed Max and Maxine. I'm sure you are going to be in for a rough spell. It's hard to say goodbye |
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Post by alloydog on Sept 17, 2019 20:03:34 GMT -9
More seriously, I recall someone mentioning that inkjet printers need regular use - something like every couple of days at least - to prevent ink-clogging problems in general. Can't actually find the comment now I need it, of course, but my relatively new printer manual does say something similar, about not leaving too long a break between printing sessions to prevent clogging. Doesn't quite say what's meant by "too long" however... Yes, that's what I have found from experience. I think the "time limit" depends on how dry the air is, like is you've got a decent air conditioning in your home or office, the heads could dry out quite quickly, but for our printer at least, in needs to be used every couple of weeks. If it happens, I have found holding a damp piece of tissue to the ink outlet for about a half a minute can help recover it. |
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Post by alloydog on Sept 17, 2019 20:07:30 GMT -9
Do the tank printers have that same problem? Seriously, since I work two jobs and am studying for a separate business, I've noticed a drop in print quality when I have gone a week without printing anything Yes, but I think the duration is much longer. We had a tank printer at work - it came to us when our office in Kostomuksha was closed down. It sat used for about six months. When I tried to use it, it was like the ink in the tubes had dried out. I tried flushing the ink-tubes with water and various cleaning liquids, but it didn't help. It ended up in at the local recycling centre. |
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Post by alloydog on Sept 17, 2019 20:29:42 GMT -9
My wife just came into the room and found me crying reading this post. The reason being that Simon whom we adopted at approximately at four weeks of age after being abandoned by his mother on an adjacent property and subsequently being my best friend for the past fourteen years died in my arms last night. My heart is broken but somehow this helps warm my soul. Thank you. We feel for you. To us, pets are part of the family and even how well you understand that they can have much shorter lives than people and can have more fragile health, it still hurts when they die. I still can't even talk out loud about when I had to take our dog to be put to sleep because of an inoperable cancer growth. That was five years ago. We've lost a cat and rabbit due to terminal illnesses. But, that is life - so every day we try to give them as much love and attention as possible. Maisa, the white and black lady, on the printer is fourteen years old - six months older than our youngest child, and Sulo, the big black fluffy thing, is four and a half. I don't know what is about the printer, though: For over ten years, we had a HP Photosmart printer/scanner. It sat in the same place and the cats never never bothered with it. Earlier this year, I got the Epson XP-247. Almost immediately it was on the table, Maisa sat on it. Since then, often, when I'm at the computer, or at least at the desk, she sits or lies down on it. Her bed has always been right next to the printer. When I have put stuff on the printer, she will put a paw on the printer and meoaw at me! |
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Post by dafrca on Sept 17, 2019 20:33:10 GMT -9
My wife just came into the room and found me crying reading this post. The reason being that Simon whom we adopted at approximately at four weeks of age after being abandoned by his mother on an adjacent property and subsequently being my best friend for the past fourteen years died in my arms last night. My heart is broken but somehow this helps warm my soul. Thank you. All three of my cats are over 12 years old. I am not looking forward to the day they pass. :-( I feel for you ignatious. I know it can be hard. |
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Post by Antohammer on Sept 19, 2019 13:37:13 GMT -9
I understand you guys... it s one year today that my beloved dog passed away... and the pain is always there... but the good memories and the gratitude to god for theyr time with us is here too.....
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Post by alloydog on Feb 14, 2022 23:55:19 GMT -9
Well, early 2020, the old girl went to the great hunting ground in the sky  Very sad, but she was old. She went from being perfectly fine and frisky when I got up for work at a quarter to five in the morning, to not being able to eat or drink, trying to hide and so on by midday. We knew she wouldn't last another 24 hours, so I took her to the vet, who agreed. She was old and had a good life with us. For some reason, she had made the printer one of her beds/perches, why? Don't know. But, I had to cover the printer in plastic to stop the hairs getting in. I also put a nice thick cushion on it to make it more comfortable for her. Last summer, the printer died, but I can write about that without tearing up and we got a nice tank printer. Yesterday, one of my boys asked me to print up a photo for him. I gave the top a quick wipe over and thought how I don't need to cover it up any more. Sulo, the big, black, fluffy beast has never sat on the printer. This morning, getting ready for work, I heard the sound of creaking plastic...  I mean, just why, goddammit, why?  |
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 15, 2022 13:28:11 GMT -9
Of course ... filling a niche in the environment
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Post by altfritz on Feb 20, 2022 4:56:58 GMT -9
More seriously, I recall someone mentioning that inkjet printers need regular use - something like every couple of days at least - to prevent ink-clogging problems in general. Can't actually find the comment now I need it, of course, but my relatively new printer manual does say something similar, about not leaving too long a break between printing sessions to prevent clogging. Doesn't quite say what's meant by "too long" however... The HP Plotter I use for work has a maintenance routine that runs every day to keep the heads clean. So maybe that is a guide...print "something" every day or so, even if only a single sheet. I'm wondering if even a sheet with coloured lines on it - i.e. one for each cartridge - would be enough. Not thick lines, just something to get the printhead used. |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 14, 2022 6:43:04 GMT -9
So sorry to hear that. I've lately been wondering about the mortality of my cute cuddly balls of evil. Bootsie, the black one has been around as a feral cat since I found her trapped on the neighbor's roof (two-story house with no trees around) back in 2009. She became an indoor cat about six months before Maxine died, just short of twenty years old. So it was Bootsie and Max for over a year. Max was blind and died just short of 19 years old. At that point, Bootsie was inside and I took care of a lot of feral cats, including Calico above, who has been around for almost seven years. Pretty good for a feral cat. Not long after she came around, GrayC came around. When I took her to be fixed, they weren't sure that she hadn't already been fixed, but they wouldn't x-ray or cut her open to find out, so with an 85% likelihood that she couldn't have kittens, I decided to bring her in. After so long, I'm sure going to miss these little rats when they are gone. As much as I missed Max and Maxine. I'm sure you are going to be in for a rough spell. It's hard to say goodbye It was very hard to say goodbye. GrayC was having a hard time getting enough height when jumping on things for a few days, usually taking two attempts on the higher jumps. When I got home from the folks on the 6th, she was frail. In spite of extra loving and attention, she passed away Friday. I cancelled an appointment Thursday night to spend time with her. She seemed to be doing a bit better and seemed happy, lots of purring and rubbing. Couldn't sleep Thursday night so got up and gave her more attention. When I finally went to bed at 3:30, she was on one of the basement steps looking very much like she did in that photo above. Friday morning I got up early (4:50) to give her some more attention, but before I left the house at 7 I couldn't find her. She had used the litter box in between. When I got back, she was gone. Tough weekend. |
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Post by ignatious on Nov 14, 2022 8:26:10 GMT -9
Peace be with you GrayC. Condolences VK.
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Very sad, but she was old. She went from being perfectly fine and frisky when I got up for work at a quarter to five in the morning, to not being able to eat or drink, trying to hide and so on by midday. We knew she wouldn't last another 24 hours, so I took her to the vet, who agreed. She was old and had a good life with us.
Spent two 'fun' hours last night unclogging a heat break tube (the nozzle was a lost cause and replaced). Stupid bowden tube slipped and molten plastic spilled up into the heat break tube and congealed.