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Lubricating a printer bar.
Epsom R290 inkjet.
The long horizontzl slider bar inside this old old old printer is never lubricated. Shoul I oil it with something? It seems to struggling, and it vibrates alarminly. |
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Lubricating a printer bar.
Peter Jason wrote:
Epsom R290 inkjet. The long horizontzl slider bar inside this old old old printer is never lubricated. Shoul I oil it with something? It seems to struggling, and it vibrates alarminly. Examples of lubricants I stock he WD40 = too sticky, will attract paper dust and regular dust 3-in-1 oil = too sticky, will attract paper dust and regular dust paraffin wax in solvent = No (used for bicycle chains) chainsaw lube = too sticky silicon lube = spray tin, methylene chloride solvent, spray on paper towel, wipe over surface, allow to dry thoroughly before power up, gives a light lubrication, not as good as 3-in-1 from a mechanical perspective, but a good compromise. Leaves a film lube, without being excessively sticky. Must be repeated regularly (3 months?). graphite = Dry lube, doesn't stay on the work for very long. Doesn't attract dust, because it's not present long enough for that. Since an inkjet can only be clogged by wiping a foreign material over the heads, it would be pretty difficult to stop inkjet operation, short of negligence. Whereas with a laser printer, and the high voltage on charge transfer wire, you might leave some material in a high voltage section by accident. An inkjet, relatively speaking, should be more tolerant. Naturally, never get your lubricant of choice, on any paper-pickup components or rubber rollers in the paper path. That's why you don't spray the silicon lube on the work, but use a paper towel for transfer instead. Dispose of the paper towel *outside* the house when you're finished with it. If that was methylene chloride I was smelling, your body metabolizes methylene chloride vapor to CO (carbon monoxide). Usually it takes excessive usage in a confined space to kill you (an area with zero ventilation, you vaporize a *lot* of solvent, you stay in the area for a few hours). (Sample/background info) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jig-A-Loo They indicate there are a couple of solvent choices for the stuff, neither of which is very nice. Paul |
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Lubricating a printer bar.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:25:06 -0500, Paul
wrote: Peter Jason wrote: Epsom R290 inkjet. The long horizontzl slider bar inside this old old old printer is never lubricated. Shoul I oil it with something? It seems to struggling, and it vibrates alarminly. Examples of lubricants I stock he WD40 = too sticky, will attract paper dust and regular dust 3-in-1 oil = too sticky, will attract paper dust and regular dust paraffin wax in solvent = No (used for bicycle chains) Thank you. I managed to find some Dow300 silicone oil and I dissolved some in hexane. Then with a cotton bud I wiped the mix on to the slider bar. So far this made some improvement, but I'll see for just so long. The printing seems a bit faster too. |
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