Syntax error for HP 2820 - HP LaserJet 2820 Printer

Kevin_Trenow is correct with his solution to the HP colour Laserjet 2820 error code 5 problem - Thank you.

The symptoms are that the machine turns on but after initial movement of the lighted up scanner, there is a disturbing ratcheting noise as if the scanner is trying to move but can't. The machine comes up with error 5 and suggests turning off and on again - this is a waste of time.

1. The top document feeder is released by detaching the multiplug and simply (carefully) removing the whole section.

2. This allows the removal of 8(?) screws from the second layer which contains the glass platform. The screw heads were removed using a star drive, labelled CR-V T10. (Buy Draper 31 piece Precision Screwdriver and Bit set; part no. PSS31)

3. Carefully lever off the grey surround with button labels on it - probably between 6 and 8 clips attach it.

4. Now lift/gently lever off the glass containing layer.

5. Use a spectacle wipe or erquivalent to wipe the glass over the white strip (This is the problem - the scanner light needs feedback from the white strip to end up in the correct position - the 'ratcheting noise is caused as the stepper motor continually moves the head to find the feedback point)
NB. The glass above the white strip will look perfectly clean - looks can deceive!

6. Replace the glass containing layer, ensuring it is clipped in - don't screw up yet in case more cleaning is required

7. Turn on and the scanner light should end up in the required position.

8. Replace screws, replace lid, push on grey panel and you should have a fully working machine for the price of a spectacle wipe.

The replace supplies means that something has either reached end of life or has failed and needs to be replaced. Device busy usually indicates that there is a print job queued in the printer that needs to print, but the supplies out is stopping that from happening. Clearing the print queue on your computer and then restarting your printer might clear the device busy error, but the supplies error will likely require replacement of something.

syntax error - an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language; "syntax errors can be recognized at compilation time"; "a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis"...

("syntax error" is a kind of...):

programming error; software error (error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result)

its a very common error in this printer. The error its usually in the step motor that moves the escaner. Its the same motor used in other printers such as 3052, 3055, 2820, 2840. Or you can buy it in any electronic house just looking at the code

http://www.google.com.ph/search?q=how+to+use+scanner+in+HP+LaserJet+2820+Printer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox

go to this link above, on the bottom you can see HP Color laserJet2820/2830/2840 userguide HP color Laser Jet, left click on this file and you can download the user manual of this printer.

this error comes when the printer not reco the cairtages & drum if u replaced the print cairtages then replace the drum & calibrate the printer & restore the factory default.

In computer science a syntax error ( IPA: /ˈsɪntæks ɛrə(ɹ)/ ) refers to an error in the syntax of a sequence of characters or tokens that is intended to be written in a particular programming language.
For compiled languages syntax errors occur strictly at compile-time. A program will not compile until all syntax errors are corrected. For interpreted languages however syntax errors cannot be detected until runtime and it is not necessarily simple to differentiate a syntax error from a semantic error.
A syntax error may also occur when an invalid equation is entered into a calculator. This can be caused, for instance, by opening brackets without closing them, or less commonly, entering several decimal points in one number.

copy and paste this link in your internet address bar for more information:

http://www.google.com/search?q=SYNTAX+ERROR&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a


feel free to ask any other questions

Could be scanner assembly or formatter

Does it work with this error....if so you wanna
make sure that you have a HP cartridge, sometime the chipset is not recongnize....and you have some function that doesn't work. If you try all this, call HP.

http://www.ok.is/vefmynd/HP%20Color%20LaserJet%202820%20user%20guide.pdf

Here is the user manual.

See page 225 for error codes and corrective action.
Note: Most error codes start at 50.....