After this heart-wrenching appeal, not a soul replied? Was my suffering
altogether too much to bear?
Another thought: never try to unjam a laser printer using more than flea
power. If the paper does not come out when you pull the required levers and
remove the cartridge: PULL THE WHOLE THING APART BIT BY BIT TILL YOU CAN
UNJAM THE PAPER BY FLEAPOWER. Let this be forever known as the
"chart43-rule". These printers are delicate, believe me, I've had 3 or 4.
I got it fixed. The tech struggled with it for a couple of hours, a muscular
and dedicated effort till finally some bit or bits that he was swapping to
and fro, fro and to (ever seen a speech that this expression figures in, in
Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) finally yielded success. It
was not actually completely clear what finally fixed it but I think a broken
gear, he was gluing a small gear onto a neat looking round motor. I was too
relieved to ask any really penetrating questions. You all have let me down
badly and I have asked a lawyer to start a class action in reverse, me
against you millions. Hey! Between you all the cost will be hardly anything.
But don't try to fight it or the legal costs will escalate...
:) you see how happy I am when things are working?
> From: chart43 <chart43.RemoveThis@optusnet.com.au>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.printing
> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:27:23 +0000
> Subject: Apple 4/600 laser printer
>
> Borrowed a "9000 used pages" Apple Laserwriter from a friend of 30 years, a
> perfect machine, producing beautiful results. I was about 3/4 way through a
> 200 page job (involving printing on both sides) when it went the way of all
> my own previously owned laser printers. Lots of jams and finally not
> printing at all. Common factor: me! HELP! Perhaps I was too impatient in
> removing the jammed paper, I must say there is no great way to open the
> machine and expose things to have a really good look. I pulled the lever at
> the back (inside the back door) etc but I cannot recall now whether I did
> not tug at the sheets without so doing early on... Maybe I have broken
> something or locked something up...?
>
> Basically, now, it makes a horrible (grinding?) sound when powered up, the
> sound stops and the green light flashes on and off for a few secs and then
> stops and another burst of THAT noise, more green flashing. This sequence
> goes three times I think till finally it stops and the bottom orange (jam)
> light burns steadily accusing me... I can't find anything jammed. I took out
> the toner cartridge and tried to turn the gear wheel by hand, it is very
> very hard to turn (what motor could turn it? My Ford XY 4.2 Litre engine
> maybe?). Should I be able to turn it easily? Is this something to do with
> things?
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