[sdiy] ot: thank you all! problem solved : was : help ! printer wont pull

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In a message dated 1/13/2004 7:13:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, t.hogers at home.nl writes:

> Remark about one of the alternate solutions
> > -clean rollers with platten cleaner (whatever that is)
> "platten" is german for record (as in LP), so probably 
> cleaner for vinyl
> records was meant here.

Actually, "platen" (note spelling) is probably what was meant.

Definitions:

1.The roller in a typewriter that serves as the backing for the paper against which the type bars strike. 
2. Computer Science. The roller in a printer against which the print head strikes. 
3. A flat plate or rolling cylinder in a printing press that positions the paper and holds it against the inked type. 
4. The glass surface of a flatbed scanner.