Printer Thoughts? - Page 2

SF_BHT · 11-06-2009, 12:12

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Originally Posted by DinDinA-2

A few printers ago I had the same problem of it not "picking up" paper. The rubber rollers that pick up the paper had become hard and shiny. I used some solvent to soften the rollers and it worked great for a while. Eventually that fix quit working.

Bill

DD hit it on the head. We have a lot of printers in our office here and this happens a lot. I make it a habit to clean the rollers every 6 months with gauze and rubbing alcohol. This will clean the wheels off and make them pickup your paper.

Try it and you may get it back up and running and have a backup printer.

Just my 2 cents....

**Bill Harsey** · 11-06-2009, 12:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by DinDinA-2

A few printers ago I had the same problem of it not "picking up" paper. The rubber rollers that pick up the paper had become hard and shiny. I used some solvent to soften the rollers and it worked great for a while. Eventually that fix quit working.

As SF BHT advised, I will do as you say from now on.

SF_BHT · 11-06-2009, 12:54

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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

As SF BHT advised, I will do as you say from now on.

FYI: Key thing only use rubbing alcohol. Solvents will degrade the rollers over time....

**Bill Harsey** · 11-06-2009, 15:43

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Originally Posted by SF_BHT

FYI: Key thing only use rubbing alcohol. Solvents will degrade the rollers over time....

Good thing you said something,
I was going to dunk the whole printer in acetone.

Thanks for the reminder about rubbing alcohol.

HOLLiS · 11-06-2009, 20:04

We have a HP Photosmart C6180 on the LAN. It is about 2 years old and has offered good service. Ink is not too expensive.

Biggest problem at first was the stupid soft ware, secret LAN code and constant power interruption (a rural A/O benefit). Works great now. The upgrades worked.

I really like the techy stuff, except just after you buy something, it is obsolete and not worth anything. The exception is Windows, about the time they get all the bugs worked out a new worser addition of Windows comes out. At least Windows 7 does not crash as much as when I upgraded to Vista.

Vista was like the drunken energizer bunny, it kept crashing and crashing.