Re: HP printer trouble

On 2025-04-16 11:23 a.m., Carlos E.R. wrote:

Hi,

I have an HP Color LaserJet CP1515n printer since 2008-09.
It has printed a total of 6339, according to itself. Not many pages for
a laser, but for all these years it simply printed when I wanted it. No
more ink trouble. I'm happy, it was a good purchase. 262€ at the time.

Coincidentally, the printer warns that the toner has run out. It does
this from the page count, so it may be able to print a few hundred pages
more before I notice printouts are going bad.

But today it claimed to have a paper jam. I opened the paper drawer, the
back panel, the toner drawer. No paper jam at all. I closed it again,
the printer tried again, and after two tries it continued printing happily.

Then I printed the second batch (the reverse side of an instruction
book, first the odd pages, then the even pages, because this printer
doesn't do two sides), and after 50 pages, 10 pages from the end, it
claimed there was a jam. I repeated the procedure, no go. The noises it
made seem like it is unable to grab the paper from the tray. So I
powered it down, then up, and in the computer I repeated the print job
for the 10 remaining pages, but changed the tray to number 1, which is
the manual intake, 1 page at a time, and I could finish the job.

What do you think it is going on?

Maybe the paper (110 grams/m², explorer from www.explorer-paper.com) is
not to its liking? It did not complain before. Try another paper. I just
did that (80 gr/m² plain supermarket paper) and it worked perfectly,
printed a sample print page silently. I don't have anything longer to
print now.

Some roller broke down, rubber too old?

There are rubber renew products - they are all variations of Wintergreen
Oil. Just rub some on all the rubber rollers in your printer and let it dry.

Do not soak the rollers or they will expand and become useless (yup!).

At the price of a printer, a repair is not worth it. Maybe time to buy
another one.

This is a very inexpensive fix if you can find wintergreen oil.
Otherwise MG Chemicals makes a Rubber Renue named product that is the
same thing in a handy bottle.

https://mgchemicals.com/products/electronics-maintenance/specialized-cleaners/rubber-renue/

John :-#)#
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