Re: [SLE] recommendation for printer?
My HP LaserJet5P has started jamming. Seems to be a roller problem where the paper emerges from the printer. A technician I spoke with told me roughly $135 to replace the rear roller system.
If the paper is jamming as it goes through the printer check the pick up roller, this usually has a rubber tire on it and gets worn so the paper is not fed through at the right time or speed. Replacement pick up rollers are only a few dollars, not hundreds, and you certainly should not need the fixing roller assembly changing unless you are getting marks in the print from a damaged roller.
HTH
Alan
Alan, which is the pick up roller? Can you help me understand where I should be looking? And do I need to disassemble the printer to find this roller you mention? I am not getting marks on the printed pages. But the paper jams after about an inch and a half has come out the back and onto the paper rest that is formed when the rear door is open. And it jams even more often if I have the rear door closed so that the paper comes up into the tray on top. There are supposed to be two semi-transparent rollers in the back where the paper exits the printer, each held on with a small wire retainer. One of those rollers has come off, and I can see where that roller is broken. I suspect this is the problem. The technician I spoke to recommended replacing the entire rear roller system. I don't know any better. That's why I'm asking you guys -- the experts. :o) Thanks. Gil
I'd back up choosing a printer with postscript too. Kyocera 1020D is my
current and it has been a charm since day one with SUSE 10 :)
And it recently got rated top notch in a TCO test in a German magazine. Oh
the D will save you some paper too :)
Johan
2006/3/4, Gil Weber
My HP LaserJet5P has started jamming. Seems to be a roller problem where the paper emerges from the printer. A technician I spoke with told me roughly $135 to replace the rear roller system.
If the paper is jamming as it goes through the printer check the pick up roller, this usually has a rubber tire on it and gets worn so the paper is not fed through at the right time or speed. Replacement pick up rollers are only a few dollars, not hundreds, and you certainly should not need the fixing roller assembly changing unless you are getting marks in the print from a damaged roller.
HTH
Alan
Alan, which is the pick up roller? Can you help me understand where I should be looking? And do I need to disassemble the printer to find this roller you mention?
I am not getting marks on the printed pages. But the paper jams after about an inch and a half has come out the back and onto the paper rest that is formed when the rear door is open. And it jams even more often if I have the rear door closed so that the paper comes up into the tray on top.
There are supposed to be two semi-transparent rollers in the back where the paper exits the printer, each held on with a small wire retainer. One of those rollers has come off, and I can see where that roller is broken. I suspect this is the problem. The technician I spoke to recommended replacing the entire rear roller system.
I don't know any better. That's why I'm asking you guys -- the experts. :o)
Thanks. Gil
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Alan, which is the pick up roller? Can you help me understand where I should be looking? And do I need to disassemble the printer to find this roller you mention?
I am not getting marks on the printed pages. But the paper jams after about an inch and a half has come out the back and onto the paper rest that is formed when the rear door is open. And it jams even more often if I have the rear door closed so that the paper comes up into the tray on top.
There are supposed to be two semi-transparent rollers in the back where the paper exits the printer, each held on with a small wire retainer. One of those rollers has come off, and I can see where that roller is broken. I suspect this is the problem. The technician I spoke to recommended replacing the entire rear roller system.
The paper pick up roller is located where you put the paper stack ready to start printing. If you remove the paper (new) and look down the gap you should see the little roller, some times it is half moon shape others it is round, it usually has a grey rubber tire around it. This gets worn down from rubbing on the paper but can also get clogged with paper dust which causes the roller to slip on the paper and not feed it through correctly. Try cleaning all rollers in the paper path with a lightly damped cloth to remove the paper dust that has obviously built up over time. Alan
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Alan Dowley
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Gil Weber
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Johan N.