The kit may have been useless to you, but it worked perfectly here. Ron, N5IN
Peter Dougherty wrote: > The kit you speak of is next to useless. I tried it twice and it > didn't help. > > This is a problem with LaserJet 5L, 6L and 1100 series, and it > involves the a couple of internal components in the sheet feed > mechanism. It required a repair by an HP depot that cost about $90, > after which the printer functioned perfectly. The tech that serviced > it stated that he's done hundreds of these mods in the last 3 years or > so and gets a few in every week still. Other than that, these are > amazing printers that just go and go...probably the last thing of > quality that HP will ever build at this rate... > > There was also a class-action lawsuit that if you had a defective > printer for which you paid for a repair, you could receive a > settlement of something like $70 or so from HP. > >> Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 09:23:38 -0500 >> From: Ron Stordahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "George Harlem, W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: 'dxbase' <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [DXBase] Laser printer nuisance >> >> Yes I had that problem, and if you go to www.hp.com and look around hard >> enough you will see that they offer for free a repair kit which was >> quite easy to install. It helped a lot. > > > > > > 73 de Peter (W2IRT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please visit http://www.nyctrackbook.com for details of my book > Tracks of the NYC Subway > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To UNSUBSCRIBE please > visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
