woot~~~ just saved my friend a couple hundred bucks

[VTBigBear]

my friend has a HP LaserJet 2100. He bought it for about $900 a couple years. Was a great laser printer. but it recently died on him. He had no idea what the problem was. so I told him I would take a look at it. brought it home, and couldnt fix it. I had no idea what the problem was either.. neither did my roommate.
So I told him that I would try to sell the broken one for about $100 or so... but it seemed like it would be soo easy to fix. we posted it at $500.. haha I know.. that was wayy too much.. but it was still a great printer.. if someone could just fix it. no one asked about it..

I came home today and "thought" that I had the solution to the problem. I had asked in the forums and someone told me what he thought the problem was. I tried it but that wasnt the problem at all. Got kinda frustrated, so me and my roomie started to tear the thing apart.

There we found a little button in the back of the printer hidden.. of course we played around with everything.. turning it on every once in while to see if it worked.. but we realized that we didnt have any paper in there.. we put it in.. still didnt work.. then realized that the toner was still out.. (damn we were getting lost) put that in.... BAM! it turned on and started to warm up... connected it to a computer. worked like a charm..

Almost sold that for around $100. good thing we tried it. now he doesnt have to buy a printer.. and he doesnt have to throw away a good printer either.


Thanks for reading~~~~

 

[HappyPuppy]

You're a genius.

 

[Pundit]

So what exactly was the cause of the problem?

 

[fr]

What was the hidden button? Power?

 

[gopunk]

so basically the printer ran out of paper and toner, and you guys thought it "died"?

 

[VTBigBear]

lol


nah.. We think it was a reset button..


but then again who knows... we certainly dont... hehehe

 

[VTBigBear]

"so basically the printer ran out of paper and toner, and you guys thought it "died"?"

haha

no no no...

that happened after we disassembled it.

It was fully assembled and had toner and paper and POWER too.. hehe

when it was turned you couldnt hear any motors or anything warming up. just the lights blinking.. then a red light blinking...
someone thought that that it was a paper jam.. but I think my friend had already checked for all that

 

[silverpig]

<<It was fully assembled and had toner and paper and POWER too.. hehe

when it was turned you couldnt hear any motors or anything warming up. just the lights blinking.. then a red light blinking...>>


And you the first thing you did wasn't to push the secret button? That's the solution to everything. Look for a secret button and push it.

 

[VTBigBear]

the "secret button" oohhh

yeah yeah... but it was hard to find.. unless you knew it was there.. which we didnt and I assume that my friend didnt either

 

[Ameesh]

<< so basically the printer ran out of paper and toner, and you guys thought it "died"? >>




weve got some real geniuses on this board.

 

[Frosty3799]

<< the "secret button" oohhh

yeah yeah... but it was hard to find.. unless you knew it was there.. which we didnt and I assume that my friend didnt either >>



prorbalby only the HP techs know about that, so they have the possibility of charging you an arm and a leg to come to your house to fix it

 

[Smolek]

<< What was the hidden button? Power?

so basically the printer ran out of paper and toner, and you guys thought it "died"? >>




LMAO

 

[Viper GTS]

While I don't support the 2100, I happen to know it is very similar to the 2200, which I do support.

If you can describe where the button is, I can try to find out what it is.

BTW, cold reset on a 2200 (and probably a 2100 as well) is accomplished by holding down a button on top, turning the printer on, & holding the button for 7 seconds.

Viper GTS

 

[VTBigBear]

The "button" was on the rear of the printer, center bottom. the button isnt were you can just see it.. there is a hole that looks like a screw hole. but after tearing apart the printer we found out that it was a button.

can you tell me what it is Viper GTS?