HP LJ 2 mobo -> Apple LW 2 NT

From: Geoff Reed <geoffr_at_zipcon.net>
Date: Wed Mar 13 03:36:36 2002

At 03:34 PM 3/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>does anyone know if it is safe to yank the logic board from an HP
>LaserJet II and stick it into an Apple Laserwriter II NT. I know they are
>the same printer engine, with just minorly different features (Apple has
>no font slots for instance).

No, you can't the connectors from the logic board to the print engine are
different.


>I have a pseduo broken HP and a fully working Apple, but I want the
>parallel interface. So rather than buying a kit to fix the paper pickup
>problem the HP has, I was thinking of just swapping logic boards.

If yours has the standard HPLJ-II paper pickup problem, you can get a
bottle of rubber renu and thoroughly clean the pickup roller and that will
usually fix your problem. if that isn't the problem, email me with what is
broken, i -MAY- have spare parts here in a LJ-II I have with a fried logic
board that I use for donor parts.


>Is this possible? or will I blow something? (I'd rather not just blindly
>experiment, since I am running short of working laser printers, and can't
>afford to trash these)
Received on Wed Mar 13 2002 - 03:36:36 GMT