i was told by an HP technician never to use alcohol on rollers as it dries them out. he recommended just water. i like the sandpaper idea. Chuck Finnigan [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Loomis" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] HP Printer problem > Hi, > In addition to the other suggestions you have received, my wife's 855 had > the same trouble picking up the paper. I tried the alcohol cleaning but the > rollers still wouldn't pick up. I then got a piece of 400 grit wet-dry sand > paper, hit the manual feed and gave the rollers a light scuffing. It took > several light passes, but that did the trick. It has been working flawlessly > now again for another year since. Of course, be sure to blow out any > detritus after the scuffing of the rollers. > Brad Loomis > Los Angeles, CA > > I have HP Deskjet 820Cxi. > > When I try to print a page, blank paper does not go through. It makes > noises, pulls the paper just a tiny bit, gives the rolling noise of sucking > in the paper, then ends up with a yellow blinking light. I turn the printer > off and then start it again, same thing happens. Read the trouble shooting > instruction which says close everything and restart the computer. Same > story again. > > Can some one plz advise me. > Jagpal S.Tiwana > Dartmouth, NS, Canada > http://home.istar.ca/~cye/mss.html > > The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great > tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine > Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml