ImageWriter II Not Printing Properly

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sgerstacker

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Feb 15, 2023
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During MARCHintosh, I found an ImageWriter II locally. I've gone through the standard maintenance stuff, but I cannot get it to print to paper. Everything is moving correctly, but nothing is coming out on the paper.

At one point, I removed the paper guide and ran the self test. The self test seemed to just print the bottom of the characters. (See attached picture). Also at some point when I was cleaning / lubing it, I forgot to put the ribbon back in. With the head slightly damp from alcohol, when I ran the self test, I could actually see the characters being printed, just smudged because it alcohol dampening the paper. That's all since evaporated, so no picture for that.

Any ideas on what's wrong? It seems like something isn't aligned properly, but I cannot figure out what.


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