hershey
Albuquerque,(fulltime) NM, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/04/2003
View Profile
 Offline
|
Not just a HP problem, I got rid of a Canon printer for the same reason. After the new wears off, they just refuse to consistently feed paper into the printer. First it starts with failing to feed photo paper, then regular printer paper. I've tried different brands, and weights of paper, placed only a few pages in the tray or single sheets and no positive results. The little rubber wheels that feed the paper just won't pull the paper into the machine consistently. I have to sometimes just push with pressure on a page to get them to feed into the printer. Anyone have a suggestion as to how to get the rubber wheels to pull the paper instead of just slip on the pages????
hershey - albuquerque, nm
Someday Finally Got Here
My wife does all the driving - I just get to hold the steering wheel.
Expedition - Suzuki Grand Viagra
NASCAR 20 - - 99
|
garym114
Texas
Senior Member
Joined: 07/24/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
Try cleaning the rollers with a damp cloth.
2000 Sea Breeze with 1998 CRV Toad in Dawson Creek - Start of Alaska Highway
Don't Forget - USS Liberty, June 08, 1967
|
jhilley
Buxton, ND
Senior Member
Joined: 12/25/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
It sounds like the rubber wheels are glazed. Try cleaning them with alcohol. How old is the printer?
|
strollin
San Martin, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/12/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
That happened to an HP printer I own as well. I called HP and they sent me a kit that consisted of a piece of plastic with rough material on it, similar to sandpaper, and a CD with a program on it to use with the sandpaper device. I removed the paper from the printer, put the sandpaper device in and ran the program off the CD. It apparently roughed up the rollers using the sandpaper. Regardless of what it actually did when it was done the printer worked fine again.
Me, her, 2 boys & 2 girls
'05 Chevy 2500HD LT 4x4, D/A
Reese Dual Cam HP
'04 Wilderness Advantage 290FLS
Twin Honda 2000s
"I'd rather wear out than rust out!"
"Two hands at work accomplish more than thousands clasped in prayer"
See our pics here
|
joshjack
Alabama
Senior Member
Joined: 11/01/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
Not to invade on your privacy but I'm curious if you (or your family members) smoke a lot. I've seen this problem a lot in high-smoke environments. The tar in the smoke actually coats the rollers after a few years and makes them very slick.
I'd try some emory cloth - try to print something while hold the emory cloth against the rollers so that they start rolling.
J
03 Ram 1500 Quad Cab with Hemi 5.7, HD tow package, K&N Cold Air, B&W Companion + Ball, Prodigy,
1987 Prowler 27.5',
Macbook Pro 17" (Fastest Vista Laptop  , iPhone)
Me and the DW and our
2 Dogs: Jackson (golden), Pumba (min-pin)
|
|
|
Hurricaner
Hurricane Utah
Senior Member
Joined: 02/17/2007
View Profile
|
Yet another reason to quit.
Sam
Sam & Kari
Hurricane, Utah
2004 34' Damon Challenger 315
|
fireman50
Tennessee
Full Member
Joined: 03/30/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
Clean the rollers with alchohol...
|
hershey
Albuquerque,(fulltime) NM, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/04/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
Thanks for the help. No,no one in our MH smokes, that would be an easy fix tho 
The printer is about a year old and has been acting up for the last 6 to 8 months. I like the idea from "strollin". I'll try to contact HP and see if that fix is available. The alcohol idea sounds like an alternative too, "how much do you have to drink before you think its working?". Sorry, couldn't resist.
Thanks again.
|
hershey
Albuquerque,(fulltime) NM, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/04/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
I went online with the HP chat and asked about the sandpaper and disk cleanup routine and they wouldn't answer my query about it. They told me to clean the front and rear rollers with distilled water. I did so and it is working perfectly right now, both with regular paper and photopaper. I'm sure that its a temporary fix, but at least its not that difficult to clean the rollers when it happens again, except my big hands don't fit into the cavity of the front rollers. Thanks to all for their advice.
|
garym114
Texas
Senior Member
Joined: 07/24/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
The rollers get glazed from all the paper dust. Cleaning them removes the glaze and restores the tackey surface of the rollers.
|
|
|
