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| 175701 | 2003-09-16 06:46:00 | The rollers in my printer are squeaking when I am printing off pages. Can anyone tell me how to clean/lubricate them. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 175702 | 2003-09-17 01:07:00 | You could try and lubricate them with the tiniest smear of cooking oil. Just a little wipe of it will do. | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 175703 | 2003-09-17 12:44:00 | There is a question I just have to ask: ?:| Why do so many PF1'ers recommend cooking oil as a lubricant for printers? I may be wrong on this, but cooking oil is not particularly stable and will oxidise and go sticky once exposed to the air. All in all, this does not sound very good for printers, and I would have thought that a proprietary silicon-based lubricating oil (not CRC) or even light sewing-machine type oil would have been a better option and have a longer operating life. As I said, I may be wrong and your experiences may be good, but I just had to ask. :| Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 175704 | 2003-09-17 14:39:00 | > There is a question I just have to ask: ?:| > Why do so many PF1'ers recommend cooking oil as a > lubricant for printers? Guilty as charged Billy :8} I mentioned cooking oil in a couple of postings about lubricating the slider bar on an Epson printer. I read on the net where it had been used with success by someone else. It was more for use by default in the absence of any other suitable oil. I agree with you that a light sewing-machine oil would be preferable. I certainly wouldn't use it as a general lubricant for other parts of a printer, although I tend to feel that with the slider bar, after thoroughly cleaning it, a very slight smear would probably last the distance on that particular part. However, if it didn't, the bar is very accessible and could be easily cleaned again and correctly lubricated the next time. My brother's Epson had a severe case of the shudders, and after I told him about the slider bar lubrication, he attended to it (with 'proper' oil I must add) and has not had a problem since. Thanks for pointing that out, we don't want people to think that it is the recommended method. It's probably better to not mention it at all I guess. Cheers :) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 175705 | 2003-09-17 21:44:00 | Arrrgggh!!!!!!!!! This is my week for putting my foot in my mouth X-( First robo, now you exLL. I have these rushes of blood to the head from time to time, and I just wish my feet wouldn't follow them.:( I kinda guessed it would be a default option, but then my mind ran away with me and I just had to go asking questions! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 175706 | 2003-09-18 04:06:00 | > Arrrgggh!!!!!!!!! > > This is my week for putting my foot in my mouth X-( > ............ > I kinda guessed it would be a default option, but > then my mind ran away with me and I just had to go > asking questions!............ Gee, don't feel like that Billy. :( I think that it was very timely of you to query it. I haven't a clue about the properties of cooking oils and you made a very valid point in querying the adequacy of it for the longer term. Let's face it, cooking oil could turn sticky, so it would be better not to mention it at all and so avoid any possibility of it becoming an accepted, or even preferred option as far as printers are concerned, merely because it has been mentioned so often. So, you can now take your foot out of your mouth and insert some cooked food instead. Just go easy on the cooking oil though :D Cheers, ExLL :) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 175707 | 2003-09-18 06:05:00 | > Guilty as charged Billy :8} Same here :8} > It was more for use by default in the absence of any other suitable oil . Ditto . > I agree with you that a light sewing-machine oil would be preferable . Ditto again . Though some people may baulk when they see the price of that stuff . > Thanks for pointing that out, we don't want people to think that it is the recommended method . It's probably better to not mention it at all I guess . Agreed . You haven't got your foot in your mouth Billy . In fact I reckon you must have posted that in the wrong thread . . . . . . . . ?:| exLL: I have news for you! :D Check your Hotmail account sometime . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 175708 | 2003-09-18 06:37:00 | What's wrong with deepfried printers, anyway? I think people might think that it would not be as staining as the old engine oil most people think of. You can use vegetable oil to make tracing paper. :D The silicone oil used on the fuser roller of some copiers is very expensive, but it's about the least harmful stuff you could have near the paper path. Most ordinary oils c r e e p. :-( |
Graham L (2) | ||
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