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 | HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (5/9/08 9:00 PM) reply | + / - | I have an HP LaserJet 5L that prints everything slanted a little bit upwards towards the right. I recently installed the multi-sheet feed fix from this site, though I don't recall if it was doing it before I installed the kit. I didn't use it much before I installed it, but some of the test pages that I printed are slanted, and some of them aren't (maybe I didn't set the paper width sliders correctly?).
The service manual for the 5L says I should replace the scanner assembly. I'm pretty sure that's pretty pricey, so, if possible, I would like to see if there's something cheaper that usually causes slanted printing other than the scanner assembly.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (edited 5/9/08 9:54 PM) reply | + / - | Upon closer investigation, I have determined that some pages come out slanted, while others do not (or at least, they do not appear to be slanted).
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 | Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by moe  (5/10/08 12:01 PM) reply | + / - | Replacing the pickup roller won't cause the printing to slant. There is absolutely no way, the scanner assy. can cause skewed printing. This is one reason I never use service manuals. They are written before the printer comes out and are usually just based in theory. Disassembly is made overly complicated as well. For instance, to replace the pickup rollers, you have to remove the whole pickup assy. from the printer. Only useful thing about service manuals are the error codes and even then they can send you the wrong way and waste a lot of time. Check and make sure the 2 sub pads are firmly snapped down and the paper guides are snugged up against the paper.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (5/10/08 10:07 PM) reply | + / - | The sub pads are snapped down, and the paper guides are as snug as they can be without bending the paper.
I don't know if this is normal for the 5L, but should you have to push the paper down at all? Before I installed the repair kit, I could just drop paper in and it would recognize paper was in. Now, I have to push it down a little bit (I guess enough to move the metal plate). Is that normal, and if not, could that be causing it? I don't know how to fix it if it's not normal, unless I take the spring off, which would break it as far as I can tell.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by moe (5/10/08 11:34 PM) reply | + / - | No, it's not normal. It's possible you installed the pickup roller upside down. Let me explain how it works. When it is in parked position, the metal plate should be at the back. The pickup roller flat spot should be towards the back as well. When you send a print job, the plastic cams on the pickup roller shaft turn and allow the plate to come forward. As the plate comes forward, the high spot on the roller turns and comes in contact with the paper and feeds it to the charge roller. The pickup roller should only make one revolution, the metal plate moves back and the cartridge and transfer roller continue feeding the paper to the fuser. If any of this is not right, then take it apart and do it the right way.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (5/11/08 5:09 AM) reply | + / - | The pickup roller shaft thing pushes against the replacement pad that holds the metal plate down, causing it to come forward whenever the shaft is installed.
There isn't a place where the pickup roller is actually flush with the idlers - the rubber is just a LITTLE bit "above" the idlers.
Any ideas for what I'm doing wrong?
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (edited 5/11/08 6:06 AM) reply | + / - | Ah! I accidentally broke the little white piece that holds the shaft with the pickup roller (not the gear, but the piece on the other side; if you can't get what it is from my description, it's the piece shown at 17:42 in the 5L pickup roller video) when I was putting it back!
Could I get a replacement part for that Moe, and how much would it cost? If possible, could I add it to my order that I have already? I was the one who ordered the 5L memory cover and the paper feed support piece.
However, how it's working now, it does seem to be printing out straight, non-slanted pages.
I also noticed that the pickup roller (the replacement one) already had a tiny bit of wear on it. Should it already have that on it? I know I've printed less than 200 pages on it since I replaced it.
I still can't seem to get something in right, since I have to push down on the paper a little bit to get it to recognize it's in there.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by moe (5/11/08 9:33 AM) reply | + / - | If you have the roller and the big white clutch on the end of the shaft installed as per the video, that metal plate will be towards the back. The black and white cams will position it there. If it is not fully towards the back then you assembled it wrong. The video is very specific on that part. If you look at the roller, part of it sticks out past the plastic spacers on each side, part is recessed. It is the recessed part that should be towards the paper when it is parked. It is also possible you forced the clutch on upside down. Something is definitely wrong. I assume you are talking about the small white plastic latch that locks the pickup roller. Never force anything. I should have a replacement.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (5/11/08 5:53 PM) reply | + / - | Alright, I got that part this morning when I put it in, but after printing something, the position of the cabs changes and brings it forward.
I'll check it when I get home tonight and make sure that it's correct.
And yeah, it's the latch that locks the pickup roller shaft in place. Let me know how much it is and if we can include it in my order that I placed on Friday (hold shipping on it if you can).
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by Rizon (5/11/08 7:52 PM) reply | + / - | Yup, just checked it out and everything is as you said it should be.
The recessed side (though not completely) is facing the paper, and the roller is in as the video puts it back in.
If the roller moves without the printer moving it, will it move back to the correct spot (i.e. if I put the roller back in with the flush side towards the paper, would it reset to the correct spot when I turn the printer on?)? I may have put it back in wrong by putting it in the wrong position.
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| Re: HP LaserJet 5L Slight Slant When Printing by moe (5/12/08 9:14 AM) reply | + / - | If everything is correctly installed, when the roller shaft rotates, it's all mechanical in operation. The cams will push the metal plate back and there is a piece of plastic sticking up on the white clutch that catches on the solenoid plate, stopping the rotation. When the solenoid pulls in, it releases it for one revolution. If that plate isn't stopping in the rear position, then something has to be installed wrong.
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