wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) (12/01/89)
>>From: bouchard@sg1.upenn.edu (Donald Bouchard) >I have an Apple Laserwriter which has a problem feeding the sheets >from the paper tray. It will pick up 1-3 pieces of paper and try to >run them all through the printer. >It also picks up an extra piece of paper which gets stuck after >the first page gets printed. This is still a laser with some life and >I would like to fix it but the guys at the repair shop want 2K to fix >the problem. >Does anyone know of a more reputable repair shop OR an >easy fix? Have you ruled out the possibility of static electricity sticking the pages together? Don't laugh - I have seen this with my own eyes. If you try to run many small lasers in an area that is real DRY, the static build up in the paper can cause some extremely nasty problems. You didn't say precisely that it was a Laserwriter I or II; this was more of a problem with the I's than II's. In fact, Canon (maker of the print engine) even put out some factory info on the subject although it was more tailored to nasty splotches on the page or missing stuff on the page - caused by static. Quick things to try if you suspect this may be the case: when you load paper into the tray, fan the paper a bit or hold one end of the stack in one hand and do a 'quick flip' through with the other. Check the humidity of your area - if it is real low (like say, 20%ish) get a small humidifer and try raising it to about 35% or 40%. Another possibility - the "paper picker" rollers are worn out. Sorry to say, I don't know of any quick fix for this one. Or cheap. Replacing the rollers is about it. I think if the rollers were just dirty, the mechanism simply wouldn't pick even one page. Duane Mantick Purdue University Engineering Computer Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------- opinions above are mine only. period. Purdue only pays me......