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23rd Dec 2021, 12:55 pm | #1 |
Heptode
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 740
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Repairing inkjet printers
I have an old HP5510 Officejet printer that is of around 2004 vintage, but has served well. In the last year it's been increasingly prone to not loading paper - it tries, but the paper doesn't move much and it fails with an 'out of paper' error.
Turns out the rubber wheel for the paper take up was looking old and hard so I thought I'd try some 'Rubber Renue' I bought for renovating the pinch wheel on my Sony TC366 recorder. It has worked a treat and the printer is now loading paper faultlessly once again! Thought this might help save a few old printers from their journey into the afterlife... |
23rd Dec 2021, 3:35 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wiltshire, UK.
Posts: 14,007
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Re: Repairing inkjet printers
Yes, lack of grippiness on the rubber pinch-wheels/rollers was always a bit of a thing with printers - both laser and inkjet. Using cheapo recycled paper doesn't help - it tends to have a lot more china-clay in it which creates a very fine dust that sticks to the rubber parts of the feed-mechanism and makes them lose their grip.
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23rd Dec 2021, 4:04 pm | #3 |
Heptode
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Southend, Essex, UK.
Posts: 803
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Re: Repairing inkjet printers
Thanks worth remembering!
Alan |