home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   sci.electronics.repair      Fixing electronic equipment      124,925 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 124,683 of 124,925   
   Carlos E.R. to All   
   HP printer trouble   
   16 Apr 25 20:23:59   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I have an HP Color LaserJet CP1515n printer since 2008-09.   
   It has printed a total of 6339, according to itself. Not many pages for   
   a laser, but for all these years it simply printed when I wanted it. No   
   more ink trouble. I'm happy, it was a good purchase. 262€ at the time.   
      
   Coincidentally, the printer warns that the toner has run out. It does   
   this from the page count, so it may be able to print a few hundred pages   
   more before I notice printouts are going bad.   
      
   But today it claimed to have a paper jam. I opened the paper drawer, the   
   back panel, the toner drawer. No paper jam at all. I closed it again,   
   the printer tried again, and after two tries it continued printing happily.   
      
   Then I printed the second batch (the reverse side of an instruction   
   book, first the odd pages, then the even pages, because this printer   
   doesn't do two sides), and after 50 pages, 10 pages from the end, it   
   claimed there was a jam. I repeated the procedure, no go. The noises it   
   made seem like it is unable to grab the paper from the tray. So I   
   powered it down, then up, and in the computer I repeated the print job   
   for the 10 remaining pages, but changed the tray to number 1, which is   
   the manual intake, 1 page at a time, and I could finish the job.   
      
   What do you think it is going on?   
      
   Maybe the paper (110 grams/m², explorer from www.explorer-paper.com) is   
   not to its liking? It did not complain before. Try another paper. I just   
   did that (80 gr/m² plain supermarket paper) and it worked perfectly,   
   printed a sample print page silently. I don't have anything longer to   
   print now.   
      
   Some roller broke down, rubber too old?   
      
   At the price of a printer, a repair is not worth it. Maybe time to buy   
   another one.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca