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Re: Laserjet 3 & 832C printer problems

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Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> wrote in
news:slrnjqvt37.1dmp.knock_yourself_out@shell.config.com: 

> On 12 May 2012 16:51:14 GMT, KenK wrote:
>> I'm getting a 'paper jam' error from an LJ3. No paper to be found. As
>> manual mentions, tried cleaning it as best I could.
>>
>> Printer had been sitting unused for years but I needed it when usual 
>> printer went belly up. 
>>
>> This morning tried blowing out the lj3 with canned air. Saw some dust
>> go but didn't help. Still tells me 'paper jam' when I try a test
>> print. 
>>
>> Any guesses or tips for either?
>>
>> No success with private-owner local computer repair that I contacted.
> 
> He probably has too many of his teeth still -- and all of his hair. 
> :-) (credit: Click & Clack - The Car Guys)
> 
> I have an HP-LJ III here that's been in service since June, 1990
> ($1,800). The only maintenance in 22 years has been the replacement of
> the fuser. 

I previously only had to fix mine once. Can't remember what but it was 
minor. That's why I liked it - so reliable!
 
> The only paper jams I've seen (when it was not obviously a whole sheet
> askew) have been due to wee little paper pieces stuck in the paper
> path caused by 'aggressive' removal of jammed sheets and I did not
> extract all the paper bits.

I will look again. Perhaps the paper is so small as not to be noticable.
 
> I know you'll laugh, but can you remember why it was put aside and has
> been "... sitting unused for years"?  Maybe it was retired back then 
> because of this same fault, and no one felt the urge to search out a 
> possible bad IR emitter/photo cell somewhere in the paper path.

Nope. It is connected to my backup computer system and that computer only 
gets turned on a few minutes a day so I can back up current data files to 
it - just in case. (It used to be my every-day system.) Just haven't 
needed or used the printer since my current every-day system has (had) a 
separate printer (the 832C). The LJ was working fine the last time I used 
it.

> Have you poked around on fixyourownprinter.com?
> 
>      http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/search/center?q=HP+LJ+III

I'll try that soon, probably tomorrow. Wasn't aware of it. Thanks.
 
> Not much help, I know.  But I wish you success.
> Jonesy

Ken


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Laserjet 3 & 832C printer problems KenK <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-05-12 16:51 +0000
  Re: Laserjet 3 & 832C printer problems Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2012-05-13 17:50 +0000
    Re: Laserjet 3 & 832C printer problems KenK <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-05-14 17:46 +0000

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