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Has this been your experience with printers?:

https://www.wired.com/story/why-do-printers-still-suck/

John Weiss

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> Has this been your experience with printers?:
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> https://www.wired.com/story/why-do-printers-still-suck/

In the past, with an HP printer, yes.

However, I bought a Brother laser printer for less than $200 over 10
years ago. Still works fine most of the time - occasionally chokes on
cardstock when printing postcards, but is fine if I only load 2 or 3
sheets at a time.

Bob F

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Nov 3, 2020, 5:51:12 PM11/3/20

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I recently spent a few bucks for a new "separation pad" and feed roller
for my ancient thrift shop HP LJ6L, which works like new now. I still
have a few "new" toners for it that someone freecycled to me years ago.
The last thing I bought for printing was 15 or 20 years ago when I
bought a full box of paper (5000 sheets) at a thrift shop for a few dollars.

I also have a magicolor 2430DL color laser printer I received through
freecycle that I use if I need color printing or faster printing. I have
done nothing to it but a couple of small adjustments.

I quickly learned that inkjet printers were way more trouble and expense
than they were worth.

Nyssa

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Nov 4, 2020, 8:53:45 AM11/4/20

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Where did you find/buy the fix-up for your LJ6L? I've
got a LJ4 in my closet that just needs the rollers
replaced (as far as I can tell).

HP used to sell the kits themselves, but stopped doing
so at some point. I'd like to the the old one working
again since, as you say, the ink jets are more trouble
than they're worth to keep running.

TIA!

Nyssa, who has several ink jet printers that won't
recognize a perfectly new cartridge and is about to
pitch 'em

Bob F

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Nov 4, 2020, 10:14:57 PM11/4/20

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Figure out the HP part numbers, then search the internet, ebay, amazon,
etc. for those numbers and or the part name along with the printer model
#. Prices/shipping vary widely. I ended up at "laserprinterkits" on
ebay for my LJ 6L.

Bob F

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Nov 4, 2020, 10:21:29 PM11/4/20

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Something that I found that helped get paper rollers to grab the paper
properly was to use scotch tape to "clean" the roller by sticking a
piece of tape to the surface of the roller then pulling it off, then
turn the roller a bit and do it again until you have cleaned the entire
surface or the roller. If that makes it work for awhile, that might be a
roller you want to replace.

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