On 9 Sep 2010 20:22:25 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:


The 5L was one of the less satisfactory machines for servicing (or so a
long time HP service guy told me).

I think what I liked about this is was that it was fairly small and
therefore 'simple' (U\I had the service manual before I touched it but
didn't look at it once for strip or rebuild). You could get all the
main rollers out without having to take any side plates off etc.

And, indeed, I acquired one and found
that it wasn't *that* good. I agree it's better than most modern stuff,
though.

;-)

The repair guy said that the older HP printers were a lot better than the
5L (but bigger and more expensive). I have a number of LaserJet 4+{M}
machines, and they are wonderful....not trouble to service etc.

Hmm, I've also got a couple of them (with paper-path issues) but they
are much bigger and heavier than this 5L.

bought
the last two off eBay at 7 quid the pair, and it took under 40 minutes to
fix the faults on both of them. (yes, I know about shipping costs but
these were 20 mins drive away)

;-)

Oh, and I do have a monster fiche machine too (with printer). Haven't had
to fix it yet though.

The most fun machine was Kodak's microfilm developer. Poke a roll of
exposed film on one end and a couple of mins later the film came out
the other developed, fixed, washed and dried and even picked itself
up on the takeup spool. /Loads/ of baskets of rollers and chemicals.
Great fun. ;-)

Cheers, T i m