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 | HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 7:12 AM) reply | + / - | My printer stopped "picking up" the paper to feed it into the path. I hear the motors run, I've seen the roller turn on power-up. But I don't hear that familier click just before the paper starts to go in.
The orange light "rollers" icon comes on, and stays on until I recycle power.
Help!
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 | Re: HP LAserJet 5P by LaserJet (3/17/04 7:29 AM) reply | + / - |
Sounds like the solonoid isnt firing or a timing problem.
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 | Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute  (3/17/04 7:35 AM) reply | + / - | Did you try to do a test from the manual tray? If not rry it and see if it works from that tray. A common problem with the 5&6P is a small piece of paper getting caught on the left side and it is not visible. Open the top and remove the toner cartridge. Below is a black plastic strip with a screw on the left side. Remove the screw and wiggle the plate back and forth towards the rear of the printer. It will come out. Clean up the areea on the left side of the paper dust and hopefully there will be a small piece of paper there which is causing your problem. Put the plate back and test.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 8:51 AM) reply | + / - | LJ I agree it sounds like a soloniod problem.
If it is, how do I get one?
I'm going to try DMZ's clean out sugesstion, but after that ???
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 | Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 9:09 AM) reply | + / - | DMZ,
Nice try but no cigar.
There were some specks of dust, but that was it.
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 | Re: HP LAserJet 5P by moe (3/17/04 9:37 AM) reply | + / - | I don't see any mention of a test from the MF tray. Did you try DMZ's suggestion on that?
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5C by Cody (3/17/04 9:52 AM) reply | + / - | I have a paper jam in my printer. I got half of it out, but i didn't get a part where it is under the roolers? Could you help me.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5C by Cody (3/17/04 9:52 AM) reply | + / - | I have a paper jam in my printer. I got half of it out, but i didn't get a part where it is under the roolers? Could you help me.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 11:22 AM) reply | + / - | Moe,
Yeah I did try from the MF.
It doesn't feed from either try.
Someone mentioned it might be an engine controller board? since neither tray works.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/17/04 12:55 PM) reply | + / - | You could also have a problem with the gear that is attached to the end of the motor shaft. It sometimes cracks and the gear slips on the motor shaft when it enagages the gear assembly for paper pickup. Easy to see. Just remove the cover (that is the hard part) and on the left towwares the rear is the motor held by two screws on top. Remove the screws and lift the motor and check out the gear at the end of the shaft. If it has a crack, you will have to replace the compplete motor.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by moe (3/17/04 2:08 PM) reply | + / - | Try this. Take the tray out and hold up on the paper sensor arm (to the right of the pickup roller). Now send a test page and watch what happens. You'll see a brass tang touching the right side of the pickup roller. That's the solenoid plate. That's the click you hear. I've never seen a solenoid go bad. I have seen the screw holding it fall off. So watch and see if the brass tang pulls in and lets the roller go. Report back.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 2:30 PM) reply | + / - | Moe,
Thanks for the ideas.
Right now believe it or not, it's working, but for how long I don't know. Whatever it is it's intermittent.
I'll look at the Brass tang after I print a few things I need to get out.
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 | Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 4:04 PM) reply | + / - | Moe,
well as you might guess it didn't take long to fail. I tried to watch the solenoid plate as you described. But I don't see any brass, it's all plastic. The feed roller goes 'round but nothing else moves.
BTW if it means anything; the error lights that come on are the orange one by the %roller symbol and the green light second from the "bottom", the [down arrow].
The secondary error lights (seen by holding the 2 bottons down together) show the 3 orange lights on solid (the roller symbol, the [1] and [2]). All lights are on solid.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/17/04 4:15 PM) reply | + / - | Secondary messages only apply if you get a fatal error with all lights coming on first. Since all you have are the error and data lights it means you have a data error right now anyway. Disconnect from the computer and try to run a test page. Just press the front button and release or press both buttons at the same time, release and see what happens. Do you get a page to come out. If so the problem is probably with your software or your computer communication with the printer, not a mechanical problem with the printer. Let us know.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 4:23 PM) reply | + / - | DMZ, actually most testing I've done has been using the test page by pressing the front blue button. No pages are being feed with that method either. I really think the problem is in the printer somewhere.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/17/04 4:38 PM) reply | + / - | When you now press the blue button do you get the same error lights. If so when you press the go button again does a sheet of paper come out. If so your problem is with the formatter assembly. If not it still could be the formatter or could be the engine control unit. You can do a engine test on this printer, but you will have to remove the formatter to get to the engine test button.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by moe (3/17/04 6:58 PM) reply | + / - | Sorry about that Wally, I was thinking 4P. On the 5P/6P the solenoid is built into the pickup assembly and is not visible without dismantling. The only times I've ever replaced that assembly was because the pickup roller shaft broke internally. You can feel it if you try and move the pickup roller. It shouldn't have any play. I doubt that it's broken since it did in fact work for awhile. I've been after the webmaster for 2 months to post a series of engine test photos, 5P being one of them. Maybe sometime before Xmas.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 7:51 PM) reply | + / - | DMZ, yes the light pattern is the same by pressing the button or via computer. when I press the blue button again with the error lights lit (or any button for that matter) nothing happens. The two lights stay on and that's all. Could you tell me more about the engine test? I guess really how to remove the formatter. and what the test does and what to expect for results.
Moe, my pickup roller seems fine. very little play and as you mentioned it does work now and then.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/17/04 8:30 PM) reply | + / - | It has been a while since I did an engine test on a 5p. You have to remove the left side covers and remove the formatter. You will need a torx-10 screwdriver to remove the formatter cover and formatter. Once the formater is removed. (After all the screws are removed just pull it straight out. Towards the back of the printer will be a hole (use a flashlight) and in the hole will be the tip of a switch. With paper in the bottom tray and the top cover still on the machine use a non-metalic object to press the switch. You should get a piece of paper to print with just vertical lines on it. If it prints it means the engine control unit is ok and your most likely problem is the formatter. If it does not print, I would lean towards a bad or flakey engine control board. Since it is intermittent one thing you can do (lots of works, but if you have th time and inclination) is to disassemble down to the engine control board and remove all the connectors from the board and replace them. Its an old hp tech trick and I am sure Moe will vouch for it. Sometimes connections do not get loose, but one of the connections in lets say a 5 wire harness starts to loose contact with its post. When you remove the connection and replace it, it then makes good and permanent contact. It has worked for me on numerous cocasions. Of course I get paid to do it. It is also possible that if the engine test works and you reinstall the formatter, that it will again work since the connecitons on the formatter that fit into the harness of the ecu now make better contact. Lets hope.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/17/04 9:13 PM) reply | + / - | DMZ,
The engine test failed. I pressed the button and heard all the sounds except the one I wanted to hear. The pickup sound.I assume (I know that's a bad thing to do) that the test can only be performed once per power-up cycle. I pressed the button again but no go.
So it's disassemble down to the engine control board. Any hints on what to look out for, or just follow my nose and remove the 6 big screws and go from there.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/17/04 10:52 PM) reply | + / - | When you say you hear all the noises you usually hear, do you see anyting turn, like the pickup rollers, etc or is just the scanner motor and fan which turn. Try unpluging the motor from the left side and reattach. Its the intermittent problem which bothers me. If you have to remove the ecu//dc controller here are some basic instrucitons from memory. Remove all the covers, the formatter and shield. The formatter and shield should come off as one piece. Remove the fuser from the rear. On the right side remove a screw and washer which hodls and grounding spring in place. Disconnect the two cable to the tray 1 assemlby on the right side towards the front. On the left side I think you have to remove 2 screws that attach grounding straps to the gear train. Turn the printer upside down and remove the self tapping screew and 1 machine screw with the star washer from the bottom of the ECU. Be careful of the input sensor in the front. It can come out of its socket. I would not lift the whole assembly out, but rather, tilt and remove the cables and put them back in. Good Luck, you are going to need it.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/18/04 7:50 AM) reply | + / - | DMZ, the pickup roller turns (the one that is about 1/2" wide), I think the scanner motor and fan run. The pickup "foot" never moves.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/18/04 8:08 AM) reply | + / - | I am puzzled. If the roller turns, then the engine board should be ok. But you also say that the manual tray also does not work. Does that roller turn or not? We may be talking about two different problems each effecting a tray. I am also a little confused by what you mean foot. It is the roller which picks up the paper. It is sort of D shaped with the flat side down. When it turns the curved side meets the paper and pushes it up. The manual tray is a little different. The roller is round and there is a plate which lifts up to eegage the paper to the roller. So what you say is happening makes no sense. Try the engine test from the manual tray. I think you can test it from there and see what happens. My gut feeling is you have a formatter problem, whereby the job never reaches the ECU. The engine test from the manual tray should tell us more. I guess it is possible that the engine control board is not sending the signal to the clutch of both trays, but if memory serves me right, the roller will not turn. You can unplug the clutch connector for the manual tray on the right side and reinsert to see if that helps that tray. You can also run the test with the cover off from the manual tray. Just one switch you have to hold down. When you put back the cover, be careful of the black sensor flag in front as that must line up with the manual tray sensor to tell the printer there is no paper in the manual tray. Good Luck.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by wally (3/18/04 8:09 AM) reply | + / - | DMZ,
I stand corrected. The fan motor does not run during the ECB test. The motor on the left does run as well as the pickup "feed" roller turning.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by wally (3/18/04 8:25 AM) reply | + / - | DMZ,
sorry, soemhow I got a little out of sync with you.
The D shaped flat "roller" NEVER moves.
With the cover on I tried ECU test of the manual tray.The plate never moves. I do see the "drive gears" turning.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/18/04 1:58 PM) reply | + / - | Sounds like the ECU. What makes me think, the taking off and putting back on the cables will not work is that the control of the plate for the manual tray and the control of the bottom roller are connected to two different places on the ECU. I assume you run the engine test with the formatter removed. If not becasue I can not remember if you get access to the engine button without removing the formatter, please remove the formatter and run the engine test. It could interfer with the engine test if bad. I would also check the gear on the end of the motor just to make sure it is not cracked. I have seen cases where everything turns on startup, but when the print cycle begins, no pickup takes place becasue of a cracked gear slipping on the motor shaft.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Wally (3/18/04 2:14 PM) reply | + / - | Yes formatter is removed. Now that I know where the test button is it looks like it could be run with the formatter installed but all my reports about the test have been with the formatter off.
I checked the gear and it looks OK no cracks or damage.
I decided to run the test again, and guess what, the intermittent factor is back. This time the test worked. I got paper from the bottom tray with vertical lines on it.
Pressing my luck I tried the manual tray, and it worked as well.
I wish I had the confidence I used to have that it would work all the time.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (3/18/04 4:29 PM) reply | + / - | Hard to tell with a intermittant problem. Like bringing your car in for repair saying it will not start, mechanic turns the key and it starts. I emailed you the service manual. Hope it helps.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by MARC HERMANS (5/4/04 3:45 AM) reply | + / - | AFTHER PAPER BLOCK , I MAKE OPEN INSIDE UNDER THE TONER CARTRIDGE , I CAN NOT ESEMBLE THE 3 PARTS , WHITE PLASTIK DOUBLE ROLLS , METAL SPRING and plastic cover ! , THE PROBLEM IS THE METAL SPRING HOW TO PUT ?????
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Lars Mogensen (6/28/04 7:38 AM) reply | + / - | Hi All
I have been following this thread because I have a problem identical to Wally.
I have followed dmzcompute's instructions but I do not get a paper out with vertical lines. I have tried both paperfeeds, but no luck. What is the next step in solving this problem?
I am new to printersurgery so can you please tell me what formatter and ECU is.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dogdays (2/7/06 8:05 AM) reply | + / - | I own a 1995 laserjet 5p printer. When i print from a website the font size is about 25. I have done everything i can think of the decrease the size but without avail. My settings are 600x600. What can i do to decrease the font size?
Darlene Stedman
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Anonymous (2/9/06 12:44 AM) reply | + / - | Try to delete the 5P driver and reinstall it again.
Make sure to select the right printer to print to.
Good luck!
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| Re: Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Anonymous (2/9/06 12:25 PM) reply | + / - | Thanks for that advise. I don't have the driver CD to reinstall and since this printer is old, i doubt i can find one.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (2/9/06 2:31 PM) reply | + / - | If you are using windows the driver is built into the os.
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Anonymous (2/13/06 9:37 AM) reply | + / - | Okay, what is os? If i uninstall then how can i reinstall if the program is no longer there? As you can tell, i am not computer literate. LOL
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by dmzcompute (2/13/06 2:08 PM) reply | + / - | os: operating system. Just delete the printer and then go to add printer under printer and faxes and follow the steps. When you get to the manuafactuers page, scroll down to hp and then scroll on the right to HP5P.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Darlene Stedman (2/13/06 4:46 PM) reply | + / - | You are wonderful. Thanks so much. I will do exactly what you said and let you know the outcome. have a great day.,
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by halohugger (11/24/08 7:27 AM) reply | + / - | My printer is printing dots in lines accross the page. I looked online and it looks like im supposed to Remove memory board(s) from the HP LaserJet printer and Perform a self-test. Does that sounds right? How do I do this then?
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by nivek (edited 11/24/08 8:16 AM) reply | + / - | Ok first letter (portrait) not (landscape) are the dots horizontal or vertical. If vertical or some cases horizontal you might have a roller issue. Print a test page and when half way through the printer open the lid and verify if the marks are appearing before the fuser which would point towards the toner. Also if vertical give the exact measurement between dots which will tell us what roller to look at. If horizontal then the memory could be bad Ive seen it. Open the toner lid and underneath you have a release button for the side cover where the printer cable plugs into depress and remove cover and the extra memeory dimm is there in one of the slots. You can also do an engine test. remove left cover - near the lower left corner of formatter(board with memory slots) the engine test button is recessed. you might want to remove the formatter to run this becuase it could interfer with your results. The engine test is a basic test to test the engine with out the brains(formatter) to see if thats your issue.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (12/30/08 8:18 PM) reply | + / - |
My 5P has a problem feeding from the manual feed tray.
It feeds fine from the lower tray.
But when I try to feed from the upper foldout manual tray the machine often makes two or three attempts to feed the paper and makes a clicking sound each time, then it stops trying and gives the paper jam light.
I can open and close the top door, and the light clears, then the problem recurs when it resumes the attempt to print from the top tray.
I tried the suggestion above of removing the toner cartridge and removing the screw at the left side, but the black strip with four large "fingers" wiggles a bit but will not come out to clean under it. there is also a clear plastic piece fastened to it on the left end, which does not appear to remove easily.
Any suggestions? Many thanks!
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by nivek (edited 12/30/08 8:57 PM) reply | + / - | Well the piece that your talking about does just pop out. The black piece that is. The clear piece really shouldnt be messed with. The black piece once the screw is removed should just be able to pull towards the inside of the printer and up and it comes out but thats not your problem if you had an issue with that then it most likely it would be jamming from the cassette too. You need to watch the mp tray and see if the bottom plate that the paper sits on is lifting when it tries to pull the paper and get eye level and see if the pick up roller is rotating for your problem. On that model you can remove the roller and rotate the rubber on the inner plastic roller to get to an area with newer tread but you will have to remove the top cover to do so. Four screws under the toner lid, remove the side cover and power button door, There is three clips on three of the corners of the main cover and the lid and back door need to be open when lefting off. Sounds easier than it is the clips on the corners can be tricky. Moe/fixyourownprinter sold repair kits for it but Ive read a few threads and it seems like this is might not be available again maybe he has the cds though if you need help checking it. if the feed roller and tray are lifting then you probably just need to adjust the rubber on the roller.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by hp-printer-dave (12/31/08 7:30 AM) reply | + / - | The black plastic piece you refer to is a guide with a spring loaded roller under that clear plastic & paper dust & sometimes a shread of paper get stuck under the clear plastic & should be cleaned out. Remove the 1 screw & then slide the whole black plastic straight toward the middle of the printer -- do not lift up on it first. It has clips on the left & right & you must slide it toward the back & then up & out. Your main culprit of tray 1 jamming is from a glossy & worn tray 1 feed roller. To get to it you must remove the case & then you can remove the roller & rotate its rubber around & clean it & the separation pad. ---- To clean the tray 1 roller without removing the case you have to do a self test & hold down the black tray 1 paper sensor & be ready with a rag moistened with rubber cleaner & when the tray 1 roller rotates to pick up paper you clean it quickly for the 1 second it is facing outward & it tries twice. Then open & shut the top cover & it will try again from tray 1 if you keep the sensor flag depressed.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (12/31/08 8:17 AM) reply | + / - |
Thanks - I was able to remove the black piece. The clip on the right was keeping it from sliding back and previously I was hesitant to try to force anything.
There were no paper pieces under anything, and just a little paper dust. I did clean it up before reassembly.
The problem continues, but it does not appear to be the tray 1 feed roller. Instead the paper lifting plate fails to lift and the machine just clicks twice then the jam light comes on.
Sometimes the lifting plate works and the printer will work fine for a while, then later stop working. I have not been able to associate this with anything I change.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by nivek (12/31/08 8:24 AM) reply | + / - | Then the clutch is failing on the mp pick up assembly which is the part that they are out of stock on. I will look later to see if one of my vendors has it.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by moe (12/31/08 11:28 AM) reply | + / - | Doubt you'll find one anywhere. They've been out of stock for over a year. everprint.com probably has them, but they'd be at least $100 or more.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by nivek (12/31/08 1:22 PM) reply | + / - | laserpros said they can get me one for around $40 plus shipping. Scott was my contact and I told him not to waste my time if it wasnt going to be available so they should be able to get that for you in about a week. www.laserpros.com
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (12/31/08 4:20 PM) reply | + / - |
I plan to tear into the HP tomorrow and see if I can verify the clutch as the part slipping. I have had at least one side off before, so I hope not to run into problems. If there are any tricks getting at the clutch I would appreciate hearing of them!
Many thanks for your guidance. I also found some very useful information on this site recently regarding my trusty Epson 1160.
Cheers,
Rol
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by nivek (1/1/09 8:35 AM) reply | + / - | The clutch is part of the pick up assembly which is what laserpros quoted me. Personally if I was you I would google HP 5p service manual you can probably find it there on how to tear it apart. Or like I said before nicely ask Moe for the cd Ive never seen his cds but I would hope it tells how to tear it apart.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Harhir (1/4/09 1:08 PM) reply | + / - | I have an old HP 5P which I did not use for some years. I has been sitting in a closet for some years. Now I wanted to reactivate it. But when I plug in the printer non of the lights come on. I hear some movements but no lights. Also no files can be sent to the printer.
Before I plugged it in I cleaned out the dust with compressed air. But that is all I did to it. Any idea why the lights all stay dark?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by Anonymous (2/16/09 2:30 PM) reply | + / - | Thanks for the info. It worked just like you said.
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/2/10 9:58 PM) reply | + / - | Hello,
I have a 1995 HP Laserjet 5MP with paper feed problems.
First, the manual tray. If I print from it, I hear these two soft clicks, and there is no paper pick-up. If I rotate the pick-up roller by hand a little, I'll hear a hard click and the paper will start to feed. I used to be able to do this once, in the beginning of a job, and then the whole job would print, maybe even several jobs, without any problems. It has now gotten to the point where I sometimes need to hand start the roller for every page to be printed.
Second, the lower tray. Just recently, it started to give me trouble, too. If I print a job more than a page long, the first page will print fine, while the second page will print, feed, and then stop with only one third of that page making it out of the printer and into the output tray.
Any suggestions for either of these? Thanks!
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by moe (2/3/10 8:23 AM) reply | + / - | Manual tray has a broken feed clutch. No longer available. Lower tray has a sticking pickup roller release solenoid. You'll have to take most of the printer apart to access it.
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/3/10 9:04 PM) reply | + / - | Moe,
Thank you for the reply. I just did a search and I found a place called feedroller.com that has the MP Pick-Up/Assembly Roller + Clutch Assembly (hp) 5p RG9-1083 for $59. They also say: "This part can be purchased for less by buying a refurbished tray 1 assembly." That assembly is $52.50. Regarding the sticking pickup roller release solenoid, if I get to it by taking the whole printer apart, will I need to replace it, or won't I know until I do some troubleshooting?
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/8/10 11:00 PM) reply | + / - | Moe,
I ordered the feed clutch for the MP tray. I think it's the right one (RG9-1082). I'll find out soon. That seems to be a pretty easy repair. Now, about the solenoid controlling the lower tray paper feed, can you help me with instructions on locating/replacing it? The only reference I have is the Service Supplement for the HPLJ 5P/5MP, 6P/6MP. Any assistance you can provide would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (2/9/10 7:43 AM) reply | + / - | mshaker,
I don't have experience with that particular solenoid but I have lots of experience with solenoids in general.
If a coil is good and shows electrical conductivity then the problem is likely a sticking plunger, or possibly a jammed linkage. Cleaning all the parts and lubricating pivot points with light oil should do the trick. I use WD-40 for such cleaning, but be sure to wipe it all off afterwards or it will attract dust. Don't use WD-40 as a lubricant.
If a coil is open circuit and not burnt out sometimes you can resolder the coil wire. It usually breaks right where it connects to a terminal. Unwind one turn, shine up the wire end, and resolder it.
Please report if that clutch assembly works out ok - I need to replace mine too! A job long overdue. Fortunately I have other printers.
Rol
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/9/10 8:58 PM) reply | + / - | Thanks, Rol -
I will take your advice as soon as I can find that solenoid. Also, I'll let you know how my repair goes with the clutch assembly once I receive it.
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/12/10 8:26 PM) reply | + / - | Rol, Moe,
Clutch assembly arrived today. There currently are a couple available on eBay (new) for a good price (I paid $14.95, free shipping). Just search for RG9-1082. It looks identical to the one I have on my 5MP and comes with the solenoid. I will do the replacement tomorrow and report back.
Mshakar
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (2/13/10 11:57 AM) reply | + / - |
Thanks, mshaker -
I appreciate your researching this and finding alternative vendors. I look forward to hearing about how your repairs go. I have needed to replace this clutch for a year now. Every time I got ready to tear into the printer another emergency came up in my regular work and I put it off. Since the regular tray works and I have other printers I can use for manual feed it hasn't been a big priority - but you are motivating me to get going on it.
Rol
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| Re: Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/13/10 10:22 PM) reply | + / - | Clutch assembly replaced. MP tray now working! I couldn't see anything wrong with my old one, so maybe it was the solenoid, or something more subtle with the assembly than I could detect. I have printed about 10 pages so far, and it is working consistently. Things to be careful about are the coil spring between the clutch assembly and the metal paper guide, and routing the solenoid wires correctly. The job took me a couple hours. The job is worth it for that, and $15.
I was hoping that my cleaning and manhandling of the printer would have eliminated the feed problem I have with tray 2, but no luck. I will still need to locate that buried solenoid and deal with it.
mshakar
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (2/14/10 9:11 AM) reply | + / - |
mshaker,
Thanks so much for the report. I will go search for a clutch assembly and hope I can find as good a deal!
Cheers,
Rol
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by mshakar (2/14/10 10:35 PM) reply | + / - | Another day and still working.... I bought from The Printer Man. See eBay # 370241636029
mshakar
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| Re: HP LAserJet 5P by rol (2/15/10 10:29 AM) reply | + / - | mshaker,
Thanks again - I just ordered the part from the same fellow - 14.95 including shipping.
Cheers,
Rol
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