For years I've had HP2100 laser printers dotted around. I think I have three
at the moment. Cheap toner reasonable print quality and adequately fast for
my needs. But they do get through the rubber paper Pick Up Rollers. These
used to be plentiful and cheap on UK ebay but supplies seem to be drying up
unless you are prepared to pay through the nose.

My office one needs a new pick up roller, and having to order from abroad it
will take a day or two for them to arrive SO, as an experiment I peeled the
thick rubber sheath off the worn one - it comes off inside out - then put it
back still inside out presenting a fresh face to the paper. Works a treat

Andrew

On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 15:30:54 UTC+1, Andrew Mawson wrote:
For years I've had HP2100 laser printers dotted around. I think I have three
at the moment. Cheap toner reasonable print quality and adequately fast for
my needs. But they do get through the rubber paper Pick Up Rollers. These
used to be plentiful and cheap on UK ebay but supplies seem to be drying up
unless you are prepared to pay through the nose.

My office one needs a new pick up roller, and having to order from abroad it
will take a day or two for them to arrive SO, as an experiment I peeled the
thick rubber sheath off the worn one - it comes off inside out - then put it
back still inside out presenting a fresh face to the paper. Works a treat

Andrew

rubber conditioner is another possibility to prevent deterioration


NT

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On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 15:30:54 UTC+1, Andrew Mawson wrote:
For years I've had HP2100 laser printers dotted around. I think I have
three
at the moment. Cheap toner reasonable print quality and adequately fast
for
my needs. But they do get through the rubber paper Pick Up Rollers. These
used to be plentiful and cheap on UK ebay but supplies seem to be drying
up
unless you are prepared to pay through the nose.

My office one needs a new pick up roller, and having to order from abroad
it
will take a day or two for them to arrive SO, as an experiment I peeled
the
thick rubber sheath off the worn one - it comes off inside out - then put
it
back still inside out presenting a fresh face to the paper. Works a treat


Andrew

rubber conditioner is another possibility to prevent deterioration


NT

I have a spray can of RS 'Platen Conditioner' but they were beyond that

Andrew

On 31/07/2018 15:30, Andrew Mawson wrote:
For years I've had HP2100 laser printers dotted around. I think I have
three at the moment. Cheap toner reasonable print quality and adequately
fast for my needs. But they do get through the rubber paper Pick Up
Rollers. These used to be plentiful and cheap on UK ebay but supplies
seem to be drying up unless you are prepared to pay through the nose.

My office one needs a new pick up roller, and having to order from
abroad it will take a day or two for them to arrive SO, as an experiment
I peeled the thick rubber sheath off the worn one - it comes off inside
out - then put it back still inside out presenting a fresh face to the
paper. Works a treat

Handy trick...

alas may not have helped the 2200Dn I needed to scrap recently (it made
that "I have just stripped teeth of loads of cogs" type of noise before
grinding to a halt).

A quick look at the price of parts made going for a new M402Dne an easy
choice - its smaller and faster and out performs the 2200 in every
respect, and cost less in total than just one set of parts for the old
machine.


--
Cheers,

John.

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