Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 23.12.15 um 22:40 schrieb Harold Owen: > Johannes, > > I think it is due to static charge built-up when the inside humidity > is very low or when the printer has been running steadily for over a > half hour or so. > > Hal Owen > No. In my case the printer is in the basement, and if anything

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Simon Troup
I used to get symptoms like this occasionally when I switched to a much lighter grade of paper. Have you changed your paper stock recently? -- Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus) http://www.digitalmusicart.com Partners: Simon Troup & Jennie Troup VAT Registration: 982 4230 17 *"If you can twang it,

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Happens with any kind of paper. Certainly something with the printer. Am 23.12.15 um 15:25 schrieb Simon Troup: > I used to get symptoms like this occasionally when I switched to a much > lighter grade of paper. Have you changed your paper stock recently? > > > -- > > Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus)

[Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Hi all, I wonder whether anyone can help me locate the problem which is causing paper jams in my Laserjet 5000. Recently it started misbehaving, both feeding from the lower trays and the manual feed tray. It seems that it feeds the paper all right but then tries to feed another sheet

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 23.12.15 um 19:27 schrieb David Froom: > Hi Johannes, There are a pair of parts that are probably the issue > here: the pickup roller, which you may have replaced, and the > separation pad, which you probably didn't replace. I replaced all of those. They are certainly not the problem, as the

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 23.12.15 um 19:27 schrieb David Froom: > Now a question for you (and anyone else): has anyone figured out how > to get the Laserjet 5000 to work as a network printer (printing > through the ethernet cable) with any of the Mac systems beyond > 10.8.5? It was tricky enough to get 10.8 to work

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread David Froom
On 23 Dec 2015, at 1:00 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Hi all, > > I wonder whether anyone can help me locate the problem which is causing > paper jams in my Laserjet 5000. > > Recently it started misbehaving, both feeding from the lower trays and > the manual feed

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi David, I am still using my Laserjet 5000 as a network printer on El Capitan. I had trouble for a while in earlier OS versions when things stopped working, but a Mac maven friend got it up and running simply by selecting the right driver (a fairly generic one, I think) from the list of

Re: [Finale] Laserjet 5000 jams

2015-12-23 Thread Harold Owen
Johannes, I think it is due to static charge built-up when the inside humidity is very low or when the printer has been running steadily for over a half hour or so. Hal Owen On Dec 23, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Hi all, I wonder whether anyone can help me locate the problem