Tiny piece of paper caught in photocopy scroll bar
Hi tiniest piece of paper is stuck in the photocopy section in scroll bar on top of machine. Anyway I can pull this bit out to to get to the paper?Or how can i do a head clean on this part of machine?
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Unplug it from the wall unit. Check to see if there is any tiny piece of paper stuck in the machine, if there is you can use
tweezers to pull the small pieces out. Then you can put it in reverse and let any paper that my be stuck in it come out.
Make sure that there is no paper caught in the teeth at all or it still might not work.
The red light on the startup-button indicates that the machine is not ready for a photocopy. Usally there is something stuck in automated document feeder (ADF). Take a close look and see if can see something in the paperpath. If no luck, try pushing a A4 sheet manually through the ADF and see if something comes out with the sheet. Usally there is a small piece of paper, a paper clip or a staple stuck in the ADF. If nothing found in the ADF, the Scanner Controller Board is probably broke, and needs to be replaced. Good luck.
When there is a paper jamb make sure the whole piece of paper is removed because any tiny pieces of paper that are left behind will cause further paper jambs. If the paper does not feed through the printer correctly then the rubber rollers are dirty/sticky. Clean the rollers with methylated spirits to stop the paper from sticking to the rollers.
All I can tell you is that there IS paper somewhere in there. It might be the tiniest piece of torn paper that has just managed to get caught in the perfect spot so as to block a jam switch, but there is paper somewhere - I have NEVER found a situation where it wasn't an actual paper jam on one of these machines - but it's way to difficult to give you more advice than that
Although you didn't mention what type of printer, most of the time that I have seen this error it has been a paper issue. It can be the tiniest of pieces of paper that has torn off and gotten stuck somewhere inside the printer. It can also be a small piece of a label if you use the sticky labels in your printer.
If you have done everything to clear the paper path, opened the doors, and pulled out the trays, you may want to try spraying some canned air into the printer to see if anything comes loose. The only other way I have been able to fix this issue is to tear apart the printer and find the tiny piece of paper.
completely remove the paper cassette and look for A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER stuck inside the machine in the paper path. Also use a flashlight to check for tiny bits of paper in the exit section of the machine where the fuser (hot) rollers are.
Remove the jammed paper. Unplug the printer from the mains and PC. Inspect the rollers, etc for tiny paper piece(s) that may be stuck, or other debris. Try to clean rollers and make sure they are dry.
Keep printer unplugged for about 2 minutes and replug and try a test print.
Also make sure that you have waited long enough for the printer to heat up before giving a print job.
Finally, it could be an issue with the paper sensor. If this is the case, you will probably have to take the printer in for servicing..
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