Re: hp officejet 4110 all-in-one


Allan Adler wrote:
"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.

1. Clean the rollers. They are dirty, same as any printer, and the
paper may not be the right quality for the printer. See the website or
office supplies store for details.

2. Either your toner is bad or something else in the printer is awry. I
would call somebody who deals with them on a regular basis (office
supply store, copier repairman) or go to www.hp.com and enter the
product name and look for Troubleshooting somewhere in the menu. HP
usually provides tutorials or maintaining their printers. HP LaserJets
are supposed to provide a fairly dry copy, not smear badly as in a
DeskJet using too much ink for instance. Toner is different than ink, I
think it's electrostatically charged and bonded to the paper, but I
really don't know a lot about them.

This is pretty general knowledge from someone who's first printer was a
used 500C, but I'm sure they aren't rocket science (only the USB
drivers).

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