27 Jan
2008
27 Jan
'08
8:49 a.m.
On Jan 26, 2008, at 7:36 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
I hope you kept the yummy VF display module from the control panel
for your microcontroller projects! :)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
A brand new
one is super-cheap, but newer HP printers are absolute
garbage. That LJ4+ will last practically forever. If you can find a
junker to keep around as a source for parts, you'll be able to keep
it running indefinitely.
I already got it! Got a 4+ without fuser assembly for a song, and
throw everything away but the useful parts: Gear train, motor, power
supply, panel and have (safely) stored a new fuser roller, fuser gear
and "fuse" gear (the entire gear train of the 4+ is made of metal, but
ONE gear. This gear breaks if the fuser assembly locks up or something
weird happens in the gear train). I can make it work forever!!!
Although I'd love to have a HP5 (that is an HP4 with two very
interesting features: A "cancel job" button and the infrared comm)