Ancient LaserJet-3 question

From: Brian Roth <broth_at_heathers.stdio.com>
Date: Thu Jul 5 17:24:28 2001

The service 50 error means either a bad fuser assembly of AC power module. 9 times
out of 10 it is the AC power module. Both are very easy to rplace on the II and
III.

Brian.

Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Richard Erlacher may have mentioned these words:
> >I know this one's over 10 years old, because I just saw the check I wrote for
> >one of my LaserJet-III types. I've got three of these, and one is making
> a bit
> >of trouble in that the paper doesn't feed down to the point at which the
> tray's
> >empty. However, it does claim there's a paper jam, which there is once in a
> >while, when it's folded a sheet in half and tried to eat it. It's toothless,
> >though and doesn't shred the paper.
> >
> >Has anyone got a useful suggestion as to how to restore the formerly
> excellent
> >feed capability of this otherwise quite excellent printer?
>
> It's a "marvel"... ;-) as in - Marven Mystery Oil. Used sparingly, it's
> quite good at putting the "stickyness" back into rubber grabbers. I've used
> it on quite a few HP deskjets & on 2 LaserJet HP4's...
>
> It's best used with a soft, cotton, lint free (or close) cloth. (read: Old
> T-shirt)
>
> >Next question ...
> >
> >One other of these guys keeps displaying "Service 50" on his display.
> What does
> >this mean? What does it want?
>
> dunno 'zactly, but if you go to "www.fixyourownprinter.com" (yea, it's a
> hokey URL) they have "kits" to fix the more common "service errors" for the
> HP LaserJets (with simple instructions...) IIRC, they have a search utility
> to see if they have a kit that matches your number.
>
> Their kits don't seem too outrageous in price, AFAICT...
>
> HTH,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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