I bought a 5L when they first came out, two years ago, maybe three, and it's
been great.

Anthony Garvey wrote:

> Sorry Terrence, all I can offer you is commiseration.  I have purchase ONE
> 4L and ONE 5L and they were nothing but trouble.  We removed them from
> service soon after purchase.  The 6L isn't any better.  As you say, the
> problem is the paper pick-up.  Also, how many times have you physically
> pulled the AC cord off the back of the printer because there is no ON/OFF
> switch?

Why would you want to turn it off? It goes to sleep after 15 minutes and the
fact that it's either asleep or on, eliminates the warm up time.

> Does anyone know of a more poorly designed line of printers?  I
> don't.
>
> >         I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with either the
> > HP laserjet 4L or 5L printers.  We have several of these printers on
> > campus and they all have the same problem (At the start of the printing
> > process several pages are advanced instead of a single sheet, causing a
> > paper jam)  I've tried cleaning the main pick-up roller with Alcohol and
> > fanning the paper before loading, but nothing seems to work.  This problem
> > occurs whether I load 5 pages or 25 pages.  Thanks in advance.

What kind of pare aere you usinng? All purpose copier, laser, inkjet paper? I
tried that when I fist got the printer because it sells for about $3+ a ream.
Gave that up and have been using laser paper, at $4 or 5+ and have not had any
trouble. The only time I get multiple feeds is when I recycle paper, print on
the back of discards.

Jose

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