At 11:00 PM 3/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>After cleaning the rod with alcohol, someone suggested lubricating the rod.
>Is that something that is safe to do or not?  If so, how often?
         It is not recommended but we sometimes tell the customer to use a
little 3 in 1 a couple drops on a rag and apply lightly but it can also
make the problem worse because of the paper dust normally found in
printers.  It depends on the customer what kind of paper they are using and
how often they use it.

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