6 Apr
2009
6 Apr
'09
11:54 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:
Rescued a complete Laserjet II from the garbage at my
girlfriend's apartment
complex, just couldn't let it die like that.
It powers up and passes POST, and the fuser heats up OK, but it doesn't want
to take paper from the tray. ?This seems like a common ailment and shouldn't
be difficult to fix.
That's a common problem with most older HP LaserJets. The D-shaped
roller at the front of the paper path gets glazed and brittle with age
and use and can't pluck paper off the top of the cassette. The last
time I fixed an HP printer, the roller was around $5, but you do have
to take a bit of the printer apart to get the roller off the shaft.
It may be possible to refurbish the surface of the roller (light
abrasion or I've heard of chemical rubber restorers), but I myself
haven't done that.
This roller (and its companion, the transfer pad, have been discussed
from time to time on this list - they age, they fail,
they need
replacing from time to time, independent of usage).
-ethan