[PLUG] printer repair

[Lynn Yuan]

Hi Galen,

Congratulations on your success.

Lynn


--- Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> wrote:
> 
> lynnming at yahoo.com said:
> > very lightly sanding the rollers with sand paper
> to give the rollers
> > better grip. 
> 
> Showing my stubborn streak, I decided to give it one
> more try today.  I
> figured out how to pull the entire pickup assembly
> out of the printer.
> I then removed the 'D'-shaped rubber bands.  I
> sanded them with 220 grit
> and then cleaned them with rubber conditioner.  When
> I reinstalled the
> bands, I rotated them 180 degrees.  I figured the
> rotation might help
> by putting rubber that wasn't quite as worn up at
> the initial pickup point.
> After reassembling the printer, I was able to print
> a 40 page document
> without problems.  No doubt it will fail again in
> the future, but at 
> least I've kept it out of the waste stream for a
> little while longer.
> 
> galen
> 
> 
> 
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