06 Aug 2005, 00:00, THURSTON ACKERMAN (1:123/140), wrote to ALL:

Hi THURSTON.

 TA> My old H-P DeskJet 630C printer on my PowerSpec 1405 with
 TA> linspire five-0 has forgotten how to transport paper (not
 TA> one of its strongest suits anyway 8-(. I managed to get the
 TA> plasic cover off in one piece but haven't found anything
 TA> smoked, or otherwise missused.

 TA> Anyone have any experience that might help me restore its
 TA> ability (or should I decide which one of my sons I should
 TA> give it to as an emergency anchor for their 33' holes in
 TA> the water ?

Do the paper feed rollers still turn?

HP came out with a "service tool" which was basically a metal
'paper tray' with a flat sheet of VERY coarse sandpaper mounted on it.  

The function was to snap it into the place of the paper tray, it would trip
the 'out of paper sensor', and the tecnnician would then hit a dozen or
more 'form feeds' to force the rollers to run against the rough sandpaper
and cut the glaze off the roller wheels.

You can probably improvise something similar.


     Good luck...  M.

--- Msged/386 TE 06 (pre)