Old LaserJet 5 with paper jam

Lobster · 2009-11-03T17:26:42+00:00

I currently have an old LaserJet 5 printer - bought it off ebay for about £35 delivered a few months ago and have been delighted with it (not least of which because I can get original HP toner carts for it via the same route for a tenner - many thousands of sheets of paper later and I'm still on the first cart - what's not to like?!)Unfortunately it's just developed a paper jam error and I'm wondering if any of the IT gurus here might be able to advise? It's gone straight from never jamming at all, to doing so 100% of the time: the paper is picked up OK but jams just before it enters the fuser assembly. I've asked a couple of commercial outfits locally but they tell me it's not worth the cost of them even looking at it, which nearly makes my hair bleed - I'm convinced the problem is going to be something really trivial to someone who knows what to look for, and I'm appalled at the thought of just skipping the printer, as advised.I've been trawling the net for solutions; best site appears to be which (I think) seems to be suggesting paper sensors; if that's the case I can't find them! (I can't relate the photos at to my own machine TBH).Any ideas, anyone? Does the paper sensor thing make sense?ThanksDavid