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Date:	Sun, 7 Jul 2002 01:20:38 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Should I buy this LJ 4 printer?

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jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:
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> . . . has been in storage for two years.

Don't know anything about LaserJet 4's, but the rubber rollers on the
2's get a bit hard if not used for a while and then the paper won't
feed. There are lots of "home remedies" for hard rollers -- a light
treatment with mineral oil or Goo Be Gone or lighter fluid, or a light
once-over with emery paper. These are *not* authorized services! -- I
know a guy who refurbs old LaserJets (he buys them at auctions) and
that's what he does to get them working.

The LJ4 probably has a "self-test" mode which will print the internal
fonts, current page count, installed memory etc. On the LJ2 there's an
option to print this self-test once or keep printing it forever and I
expect the LJ4 has the same capability. So-o-o, run 100 sheets through
the printer and see if it works okay. Hey, the cost of the paper is
cheaper than the gas to get over there and you'll then know if the paper
feed works okay.

> If the printer and the cartridge were in storage separately,
> will the printer operate okay and will the cartridge be
> usable? How do your answers to these questions and advice
> change if the printer was stored with the cartridge installed?

Should be fine either way. You have to "open" the cartridge when you
install it but if the printer and cartridge were stored with a bit of
intelligence (i.e. no extremes of temperature or humidity) the only
thing I know of that might be a problem is hard rollers. (There could
be something else wrong, but it wouldn't be due to storage.)

I had a LaserJet once that my brother-in-law borrowed and kept next to
an open window. Somehow or other it picked up a lot of fine sand in the
mechanism. Worked okay after I got it back but it sure made a lot of
noise when it was printing -- a sort of grating and grinding sound. The
service guy never could get the sand out of it (he said it was really
fine, like the sand in an hourglass) and I eventually replaced it when
the noise got really bad. If it makes funny noises, don't buy it.

- Peter

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