Re: HP Laserjet 4: Large capacity tray constantly jamming
From: Andy Cuffe (baltimora_at_psu.edu)
Date: 10/05/04
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:01:29 -0400
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:44:27 -0400, Chuck Harris
<cf-NO-SPAM-harris@erols.com> wrote:
>
>Andy,
>
>Get yourself a can of WD40, and a paper towel. Spray some
>WD40 onto the towel to form a wet spot. Rub the wet spot
>all over the pickup roller until it is completely shiny.
>
>Turn on your printer and it will feed perfectly for the
>next few years.
>
>Paper jams on HP laserjet 3/4/5 printers are almost
>always caused by a good looking takeup roller that cannot
>grip the paper. The symptom of that problem is 100% of the
>time the paper not quite reaching the first feed roller.
>
>Using WD40 sounds counter intuitive, but it works! It took
>a great leap of faith for me to try it the first time (on the
>recommendation of a friend who deals in surplus printers), but
>I did, and it works perfectly.
>
>-Chuck Harris
Assuming you're not being sarcastic, do you have any idea why that
helps? The only thing I can think of is that maybe the pickup roller
isn't releasing the papaer soon enough causing the first roller in the
paper feeder not to feed the paper far enough.
Andy Cuffe
baltimora@psu.edu
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