Re: hp officejet 4110 all-in-one

"Steven" <thisjukeboxplays33rpm@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Gakk! it's a printer cable! Go to the computer store, buy one. Pay them
a fee they might tell you if it works, DL the driver, BAM. Laserjet 4
is maybe one of the least brain-consuming things to maintain compared
to USB DeskJet setup which they seem to change every two weeks with
every new model. Have fun!

I think I'm having fun. I'm not sure. I scavenged a power cord from an
old computer and used it to power up the printer and pushed some buttons
on the console to get it to run through a print test. There was a paper
jam and there have been about a dozen paper jams without any successful
printings. I'm not sure why. I was doing this with the printer sitting
on top of some old books. I moved it to the floor a little while ago
and tried again and now, for some reason, it makes a truly ghastly sound
every time I turn it on and run the print test.

When the paper jams, I remove the cartridge in order to remove the jammed
page. The print on the paper wipes off easily.

I have the service manual. I expect to learn a lot about this printer.
I don't really expect to ever get it to work properly, but I will have fun.

One cause for optimism is that the entire computer system was thrown away,
not just the printer. So, probably it really does work. The thing is, I
never owned a laser printer before and I don't know ANYTHING about them.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
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