Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you can
get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


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On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you can
get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


Thanks John.

Examine the way it picks paper up. Many do this with an upward pressure
under the stack of paper near the back. This allows the rollers to pull the
top piece out, but if the amount its rising is too small, or the roller has
gone shiny due to paper dust, then it tends to either half do it and jam or
not work at all.
Brian

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Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you can
get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).

John Rumm wrote:

ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip".

My samsung M2026 can do similar, it seems to prefer the paper is
"fanned" slightly, rather than inserted in a solid block ...

On Thursday, 28 January 2021 at 23:52:26 UTC, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

An outside possibility that which way up you are using your paper is making a small difference. I have seen it do so on some printers.

On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to 100
sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

The pickup rollers need cleaning but I honestly wouldn't bother until it
gets a bit worse than that. 75% paper capacity usable isn't too bad.

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On 29/01/2021 11:04, Andy Burns wrote:
John Rumm wrote:

ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some "grip".

My samsung M2026 can do similar, it seems to prefer the paper is "fanned" slightly, rather than inserted in a solid block ...

I also have a Samsung ML-2240 and find that the brand of paper makes a difference. Sainsbury's paper often causes paper jams, while that from Tesco mostly works. They look and feel the same (and cost much the same) but I've found a consistent difference so have stopped buying Sainsbury's paper. No doubt other fine brands of paper will also work well.


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On 29/01/2021 14:47, Clive Page wrote:
I also have a Samsung ML-2240 and find that the brand of paper makes a
difference.Â* Sainsbury's paper often causes paper jams, while that from
Tesco mostly works.Â* They look and feel the same (and cost much the
same) but I've found a consistent difference so have stopped buying
Sainsbury's paper.Â* No doubt other fine brands of paper will also work well.

I only use Tesco as it is usually the cheapest, have done for a few
years with no issues but the `jamming` is just a recent thing.

On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:
On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to
100 sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet
count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you
can get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).

Yup, IPA will work - it does depend a bit on why it's losing grip - if
it's dirt and dust or the rubber is hardening a bit, then soapy water or
a mild cleaning product of some form will work ok IME (the "Foam
Cleanser" type aerosols are quite good as well).

If its greasy or has similar contaminants, then IPA will clean it better.


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On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:

+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).


HP once sent out a paper pick up roller fix kit for one of their printers.

It was one of those green (dish) washing up scrubbing pads and was
pressed against the rotating roller to rough it up a bit. This was to
cure a problem where the paper wasn't being picked up.

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On 30/01/2021 02:51, alan_m wrote:
On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:

+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).


HP once sent out a paper pick up roller fix kit for one of their printers.

It was one of those green (dish) washing up scrubbing pads and was
pressed against the rotating roller to rough it up a bit. This was to
cure a problem where the paper wasn't being picked up.

Interesting, I've not seen one of those.

Back almost 20 years, HP sent me a very well designed and made kit for a
different paper pick up problem. It was actually a Canon printer, but
the mechanism was HP.

It consisted of a number of pieces of thick cardboard, scored and marked
for folding. It formed up to make a rectangular tube that fitted down
the almost vertical paper bay and another box that slid down inside it.
A sticky pad was attached, sticky side out, to the box, pushed down and
stuck, in exactly the right position, at the bottom of the bay. That
provided just enough friction for the paper to be taken one sheet at a
time by the roller, rather than 3 at a time and jamming, as the original
pad had worn away.

On 30/01/2021 00:52, John Rumm wrote:
On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:
On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to
100 sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet
count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you
can get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).

Yup, IPA will work - it does depend a bit on why it's losing grip - if
it's dirt and dust or the rubber is hardening a bit, then soapy water or
a mild cleaning product of some form will work ok IME (the "Foam
Cleanser" type aerosols are quite good as well).

If its greasy or has similar contaminants, then IPA will clean it better.



India pale ale?

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On 29/01/2021 11:42, Martin Brown wrote:
Any thoughts on what to check on?

The pickup rollers need cleaning but I honestly wouldn't bother until it
gets a bit worse than that. 75% paper capacity usable isn't too bad.

I have cleaned the rubber with soap & water and will see how that goes
when the paper pile is used up.
Failing that I have now watched the utube videos for replacing it.

On 30/01/2021 14:25, Roger Mills wrote:
On 30/01/2021 00:52, John Rumm wrote:
On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:
On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75 pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to
100 sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75 sheet
count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing some
"grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid of any
paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you
can get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).

Yup, IPA will work - it does depend a bit on why it's losing grip - if
it's dirt and dust or the rubber is hardening a bit, then soapy water
or a mild cleaning product of some form will work ok IME (the "Foam
Cleanser" type aerosols are quite good as well).

If its greasy or has similar contaminants, then IPA will clean it better.



India pale ale?

Well enough of that will help reach the "Stuff the printer" state of mind!

(although the IPA (the beer) is not a good source of IPS (Isopropyl
Alcohol) the solvent)


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On 30/01/2021 22:53, John Rumm wrote:
On 30/01/2021 14:25, Roger Mills wrote:
On 30/01/2021 00:52, John Rumm wrote:
On 29/01/2021 10:55, wrote:
On 29/01/2021 00:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2021 23:51, ss wrote:
Samsung printer ML-2240.
If I load up with say 100 sheets x A4 it will print ok around 75
pages
then it stops picking up the paper, If I top up the paper again to
100 sheets it starts picking up again and stops around the 75
sheet count.

Any thoughts on what to check on?

It normally indicates that the rubber pickup rollers are losing
some "grip". A good clean with soapy water can help. Also get rid
of any paper dust floating about in the printer.

If that does not fix it, or if the roller looks knackered, then you
can get replacements. (ebay etc will leave you change from a fiver!)

There are some youtube vids on the actual change.


+1
I've just cleaned the pick-up roller on my HP1320. FWIW I found IPA
worked better than water (but test a small area first).

Yup, IPA will work - it does depend a bit on why it's losing grip -
if it's dirt and dust or the rubber is hardening a bit, then soapy
water or a mild cleaning product of some form will work ok IME (the
"Foam Cleanser" type aerosols are quite good as well).

If its greasy or has similar contaminants, then IPA will clean it
better.



India pale ale?

Well enough of that will help reach the "Stuff the printer" state of mind!

(although the IPA (the beer) is not a good source of IPS (Isopropyl
Alcohol) the solvent)



Take a container to your local supermarket and fill up with
hand gel for 'free' at the entrance :-)