[DXBase] Laser printer nuisance

Sat, 10 May 2003 17:31:08 -0500

The kit may have been useless to you, but it worked perfectly here. 

Ron, N5IN

Peter Dougherty wrote:

> The kit you speak of is next to useless. I tried it twice and it 
> didn't help.
>
> This is a problem with LaserJet 5L, 6L and 1100 series, and it 
> involves the a couple of internal components in the sheet feed 
> mechanism. It required a repair by an HP depot that cost about $90, 
> after which the printer functioned perfectly. The tech that serviced 
> it stated that he's done hundreds of these mods in the last 3 years or 
> so and gets a few in every week still. Other than that, these are 
> amazing printers that just go and go...probably the last thing of 
> quality that HP will ever build at this rate...
>
> There was also a class-action lawsuit that if you had a defective 
> printer for which you paid for a repair, you could receive a 
> settlement of something like $70 or so from HP.
>
>> Date:  Fri, 09 May 2003 09:23:38 -0500
>> From: Ron Stordahl <[email protected]>
>> To: "George Harlem, W1EBI" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: 'dxbase' <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [DXBase] Laser printer nuisance
>>
>> Yes I had that problem, and if you go to www.hp.com and look around hard
>> enough you will see that they offer for free a repair kit which was
>> quite easy to install.  It helped a lot.
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> 73 de Peter (W2IRT)
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