Printer Paper Feeding Problems *problem solved!*

[clickynext]

I have an old HP Laserjet 1100, previously used at a company, but thrown away by said company because it no longer feeds paper properly. If you put any more than one piece of paper in the feed tray, it will take all the paper in at once, and jam. Is there any way to fix this? Any way to adjust the thickness of paper that feeds at once or something?

Other than this the printer prints great, and much better than the current laser printer I'm using, which incidentally was also retired from another company.

 

[PlantATree]

I have the same exact problem. I have had mine since they originally came on the market. It is like new and still running on the orginal toner cartridge. Unfortunately over the past year mine has started pulling multiple pages at a time. I have taken the entire thing apart and cleaned everything, but didn't help. I have heard stories about replacement rollers or something but haven't bothered. At this point I figure I might be better off just buying a new one. Seeing how I am probably due for a new toner cartridge and those end up cost about half the price of a brand new one. Plus it seems all of the new ones pull paper from below which I guess is less problematic. Hopefully someone has a cheap fix.

 

[CheesePoofs]

I have the same problem on my HP LaserJet 5L. My solution is just feed the paper to it one page at a time. Gets a bit tedious on long projects, but at least it works.

 

[xXgambitXx]

I'm not sure about that printer but i've used serveral HP machines in the past that had replaceable rubber pads on the rollers that I had to replace every now and then when the grabbed a bunch of pages at once.

Poke around a little on HP's site and see if there are rollers listed as consumables for that machine.

 

[clickynext]

Thanks for the advice of looking on HP's site! This document gives instructions on how to clean the pick-up roller in the printer, and after I cleaned it, the printer very rarely feeds more than one sheet, and two at most, which doesn't make it jam! Yay!

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[PlantATree]

I did the same thing back in the spring and mine is still jamming. Maybe it is the paper or something? Oh well.

 

[JW310]

Try buying a replacement separation pad for your printer, as per the discussion here: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=805833

JW

 

[clickynext]

Hmm, new question. I've been using the straight through output which spits paper onto the floor, so I want to use the top vertical output tray instead.

However, the rollers in the top tray seem to stop prematurely, before the paper has completely cleared the printer, and causes a jam condition even though I'm completely sure the paper is not caught at any location other than in the rollers that stop (always stopping at a certain time and position). As a note, I observed that when the straight through output is used, the rollers on the top tray still move even though they are not being used, and they roll for the same amount of time, further suggesting that the printer is somehow simply programmed to stop too early.

I find this very very strange... I'm guessing this is another reason why the printer was abandoned. Any way to prolong the period that the rollers rotate?

 

[bobdole369]

There ought to be a flag up near the top that tells the printer when the paper has cleared that section. If its not there, or if its shorted it could tell the printer that the paper is either never there, or always there. Look for a little plastic or nylon "tab" that would move when the paper goes through that area. Chances are its compromised, and the printer is not continuing the paper feed correctly.

As for the rollers, that is a VERY common problem. You should replace them instead of cleaning them. Even in new HPs they are only $20. It is a necessary portion of owning a laser printer.