A DJ670 is quite vintage now.

The paper pickups tend to wear smooth with time - a good cleaner is
Isopropyl Alcohol, smeared on with a cotton bud.  Then wipe it off with the
other end.  Let it dry ( a couple minutes) before printing.

Sometimes paper condition can cause issues - paper that has a high moisture
content tends to jam lasers, and can cause separator problems in any type of
printer.  Put a stck of paper in the hot water cylinder cupboard overnight
and see if it prints better the next day.

If that doesn't help - you need to replace the paper separator unit - and
that's probably more than a new printer :-\  I have a Lexmark laser with
postscript and NIC to flog off.


-----Original Message-----
From: Yuri de Groot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, 26 July 2004 9:46 a.m.
To: CLUG; NZLUG
Subject: OT - Fixing too-smooth printer rollers


Sorry this is OT. Well sort of - the printer is attached to a linux box and 
shared via CUPS (RMS is welcome to ask me how I set it up).

Problem: The rollers are worn out. More than half the time it doesn't pick
up 
the paper. This is an HP Deskjet 670C.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I have heard you can roughen the rollers
up, 
but I need to be sure I don't wreck anything.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers
Yuri de Groot

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