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Default Sorta-OT HP printer problems

On Tue, 26 May 2015 17:59:43 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
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My HP 3510 printer is giving me fits , keeps throwing a paper jam error
even with no paper in it . I've had it almost completely disassembled ,
after a thorough cleaning it printed exactly one test page then went back to
the paper jam thing . Anybody with experience diagnosing this ? I suspect
there's a sensor in there or something , but I saw nothing while it was
apart . Everything seems to be functioning correctly by direct observation .
The other thiung it does is that when you clear the "jam" by pushing the
proper key on the control panel , if will just keep feeding paper until it
runs out . BTW , I ran the tests with a fresh install of the software on a
comp that's never ran this printer before , so not likely it's a software
problem .
I've had pretty good luck with HP printers until this one , but I'm about
to go with another brand after this . What really sucks is we just bought 2
pairs of cartridges for it , they were on a really good sale .


Is that a laser printer or ink jet?

Are you using the same operating system as before?

I had a laser printer years ago that worked alright with Windows 98.
When I upgraded to Windows 2000, it would not work and drivers could not
be gotten. Of course that meant it id not work on Windows XP either.

But even when it did work with Win 98, it always pushed 2 or as many as
10 sheets of paper thru at once. So, I would only feed it one sheet a
time and have to insert another page if the document was bigger. I just
lived with it, and for awhile I used a dedicated computer with Win 98
just for printing, regardless what computer or OS I used to create the
document.

It finally died completely and got tossed.