--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > ...LaserJet-III... paper jam... how to restore... feed capability
>
> Sure, replace the pickup roller. One of the common faults on the SX engine.
Yep. Just did upper and lower feed rollers and transfer pads on my LJIIID.
Ran about $30 in parts and a lot of labor/time (I haven't been inside a
printer in several years and I had several false starts).
> Take off the outer casing (lots of screws)...
Nice description about how to get to the upper roller. I wish there were an
easy way to get to the lower transfer pad. I just about stripped the printer
bare to do it (on the bright side, I did learn what goes where and what has
to come off (and go back on!) first).
> Remove the E-clips...
Commonly called "circlips" on this end of the pond.
> and components from the
> left hand end (keeping them in order and the right way round) until you
> can remvoe the D-shaped pickup roller. Put a new one one and reassemble.
I ran into one problem - some of those other components were worn enough
that I accidentally put the D-shaped roller 180 degrees around. Yes, it's
possible. No, it's not supposed to be possible. There is a small pin that
is supposed to fit into one of the hard rollers next to the rubber rollers,
but it moved around too much during disassembly and I got it wrong the first
time. It caused a jam on pickup because the flat spot on the D wasn't down
when the next stage went to grab the paper and it stopped dead.
> Last time I checked you could get a new roller from the PrinterWorks
> (http://www.printerworks.com/)
That's where I got mine. About $8 each.
Even though the printer was $15 to me (complete with two paper trays,
LocalTalk card, 4Mb memory card and Postscript cart), it was worth it
to drop another 200% to get it working. It's slow, but works like a
champ now. The only thing I haven't tested is double-sided printing.
Does anyone out there have a 10BaseT card they can't use? I'd rather
throw this thing on the network than waste my only print-server port
on it.
Thanks,
-ethan
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Received on Thu Jul 05 2001 - 20:15:38 BST