Old LaserJet 5 with paper jam

[Bob Eager]

No worry, just explaining. Anyway, replacement parts in the post on the way to Lobster.

[<me9]

It's somewhere at the bottom of the main paper slot, in my case it looks like a cut down bicycle patch. it took some dismantling to get to. The 'free' bodge by HP involved something like a rectangular tube to push down the slot, within which was a new pad and adhesive. pulling or pushing on a tab on this cardboard tube attached the new pad on top of the old one but it went hard one not very long and the misfeeding returned.

I think it is about 6mm x 40mm rubber and a mm or two thick.

HP stopped providing the free (only usable once per printer) bodge before it misfed again so I made my own 'patch'. It is now so long ago I can't remember any more details, but the printer is still in almost daily use without problems.

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , geoff writes

Simple - they're crap.

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , Mike Tomlinson writes

Received ok, thank you very much Bob.

[geoff]

In message , Mike Tomlinson writes

Other than that particular problem, for the price (about £300 IIRC), it wasn't

[Dave]

Sorry, I didn't notice that.

Dave

[Dave]

paper jams on printers that were

That's something to keep in mind. Thanks.

Dave

[Bob Eager]

IME, they just get old and hard with age. I've seen 'rubber roller restorer' but never tried any; I fitted new rollers as they weren't very expensive. (this was on the LJ4/4+5 exit rollers; instructions on request!)

[Jules]

I've heard of castor oil working well to cure hardness issues on rubber parts, but I don't know if it's prone to causing staining when it contacts the paper (not very useful in a printer). Might be one for someone to try sometime though if they're otherwise just going to order new rollers.

I've been trying to convince the missus that we need an old laserjet lately (we're both sick of the inkjet she has) and I like their reputation for being built like tanks and reasonably easy to fix when they do break.

[JimK]

yeah I'll look out for you on ebay then! I fondly remember these laserjets from my time in academia in the 90s

- didn;t realise until this thread, that they were regarded so well - I fancy one too! Inkjets are sh1te :>))

JimK

[The Natural Philosopher]

I'm on my second ebay derived laserjet 6MP, the first having died from being pissed on by the cat.

So if anyone needs spares..oh. No. WE threw the stripped chassis in the skip.

Anwyay the 6MP is a fine machine. £50 every couple of years for a genuine new HP drum/toner assy, or chance your arm with a refill.

Friend has 2 Ricoh A3 color lasers..few hundred each. Just don't use 3rd party ink..destroyed one..which is how he ended up with two..one P/ex on the old, the second hastily bought in off ebay.

loads of offices going bust or being downsized. great time too buy S/H or refurbed kit.

[Bob Eager]

There are still some around at work. Not in my department - the last one, a LJ 4M+, went when its user retired. I grabbed it before it was skipped...!

(the 4M+ has network card and PostScript).

[Bob Eager]

Tell her the one I use every day was built just after you left university....

[Jules]

:-) I'll work on it... whilst a modern laser might be faster and do more stuff, I still think an old 4- or 5- will outlast it, and we don't print huge docs where the speed's an issue (hmm, can you overclock a laserjet? ;)

Problem is new lasers are stupidly cheap this side of the Atlantic, so by the time I've bought a laserjet and paid for shipping there's not a lot in it - and then there's the risk of being sold a lemon if I can't see the physical printer before buying.

cheers

Jules

[Bob Eager]

I bought my last two from a town 10 miles away (Faversham) and collected myself. More difficult in the US though! Paid 7 quid for those two....both non-working but took a total of about 40 minutes to fix both of them.

[JimK]

- apparently what happens is that if you print a document, when the first page exits, unless it is removed from the hopper, there is a "paper jam" and printing stops. If you sit there and remove the printed pages as they appear all is well......if infuriating....

TIA

JimK

[Bob Eager]

Are you sure it's a 5P? That's a fairly hefty desktop beast, roughly 16 x

17.5 inch footprint? Can't quite see how paper in the output hopper could jam anything. A 5L, however....

[JimK]

cheers JimK

[JimK]

like this

have a play with it and make sure they have described symptoms accurately....

cheers JimK

[Bob Eager]

Want the service manual?