[Hidden-tech] Help... laser printer won't feed paper. Ideas?

[ussailis at shaysnet.com]

I maintained a HP laser lllp from 1991 to 2005, and another from 1997 to
2004. Every two years I had to clean all the rollers, because it wouldn't
grab the paper. I believe that there is a coating placed on writing paper
that eventually 'gums up' the rollers.

This substance might be what makes the diference between the paper we have
in Mass schools now, and the "standard math paper" of 50 years ago. (Ya
gotta be old to remember that stuff)

My cleaning process was simple:

Scrub the rollers with a tooth brush and ethyl alcohol. I would remove
every roller that I could. Hint: If you fear that you might not get all the
stuff back correctly, take several close-up pictures before you start.

Let the alcohol air dry well before you put anything back together. Try not
to get hand greese on any rubber surfaces.

This worked every time. I don't believe that I ever changed any rollers.


Jim Ussailis
jim at nationalwireless.com

Original Message:
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From: Annamarie Pluhar annamarie at pluharassociates.com
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:21 -0400
To: david at farkas.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Help... laser printer won't feed paper. Ideas?


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