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Printer Cleanup
Jul. 20th, 2022 12:50 pmWhile we were at Tonopah, the large-format printer we bought for and took to the convention developed an ink leak. While it was unsightly, it did not seem to affect the actual printing, nor did it spread after the initial blotch appeared. Not wanting to accidentally disable the printer during the convention as we had no backup for it, we left it alone. Once we got it home, we left it in its packaging until we could find an opportunity to clean it up and investigate further. We did not want to do the cleanup indoors lest we spill ink onto the carpet, but doing any outside work was made difficult first by temperatures around 40°C, then by days with thunderstorms. Yesterday, we finally had a window where it wasn't quite so hot (only 35&;deg;C) and rain was not expected, so we took a shot at cleaning things up.
( Not Apparently as Bad as it Initially Appeared )
We returned the printer (in its box) to the house. We are not going to take it back out again until Lisa works out how she wants it to sit for some testing to make sure there is not a long-term problem. Maybe we'll put some newspapers under it where it sits on a desk.
If the leak returns, the printer should be under warranty and we'll try to replace it. Otherwise, it's just a little ink-stained, and as long as it works, we're okay with that.
( Not Apparently as Bad as it Initially Appeared )
We returned the printer (in its box) to the house. We are not going to take it back out again until Lisa works out how she wants it to sit for some testing to make sure there is not a long-term problem. Maybe we'll put some newspapers under it where it sits on a desk.
If the leak returns, the printer should be under warranty and we'll try to replace it. Otherwise, it's just a little ink-stained, and as long as it works, we're okay with that.
