On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:25:05 +0000, geoff wrote:

Excellent, Bob, thanks - far better info than I could glean from all my
web-surfing! I duly popped out the fuser unit and sure enough, the
central large plastic gear wheel is in bits. :-(

So, not so excellent in that it's rather more serious than I thought but
at least I know what the problem is. All the reconditioned fuser units
I can see online seem to be far more expensive than the printer; a pity
as the fuser itself was absolutely fine. Can these gears be changed (if
they can be sourced, that is?) The fuser unit looks very
un-dismantleable to me...

Exactly the same problem I had with my Epson C1000

It was cheaper to buy a new printer than the fuser unit (Can't afford
downtime in the winter)

Never seen it happen before on one of these old HPs, though. Built, as
they say, like tanks.



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