From: licensedtoquill@gmail.com   
      
   You are absolutely right: The strip ends in two rounded forks. They were   
   obviously joined at the end. Looking at the new one, there was originally a   
   lengthened hole at the end to hook (a spring) onto.  The bit of transparent   
   end piece that went across    
   the two forks is still in there somewhere.   
      
   Now I have to determine whether to order a new strip for ten bucks.  This is a   
   machine that was just given to me, presumably because it didn't work, what   
   with a broken encoding strip in there! It looks easy to install but very   
   difficult to get to.   
      
   This unit has a dreadful reputation for reliability and for giving endless   
   stupid error messages instead of working properly. And HP's tech support (or   
   lack thereof) shows me that the manufacturer won't stand behind his product.    
   Does anyone think doing    
   all this work to get this thing working is worth the bother? Am I setting   
   myself up for a lifetime of endless stupid error messages? To add insult to   
   injury, I was given this while throwing away a hitherto reliable Canon   
   MX860:   which that manufacturer    
   WOULD stand behind and which always worked properly until it started to give   
   out B200 ("This unit has died") error messages   
      
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