Photo Paper Feed

Hi

This looks to be a problem with the paper pickup roller. Hence use a little thin Photo paper or replace the Pickup roller and also the Paper feed toller (Long black roller )

Try cleaning the paint roller.

6 Care and maintenance
Cleaning the paper feed roller To prevent misfeeds and to make sure your pictures look their best, we recommend that you keep the paper feed roller clean. Inspect the roller weekly for debris particles, and clean if necessary.
IMPORTANT: Unplug the power before cleaning the paper feed roller.
1.Unplug the AC power cord from the power outlet.

2.Remove the paper tray from the photo printer, and leave the paper tray door open.

3.Lightly moisten a lint-free cloth with water.

IMPORTANT: Do not use cotton or cotton swabs to clean the paper feed roller.

4.Use the moistened cloth to gently wipe clean the surface of the paper feed roller. Advance the feed roller with your thumb as necessary, and continue cleaning.

5.Allow the paper feed roller to fully dry before reconnecting the power.


Click below for the complete manual:

Kodak EasyShare Photo Printer 500 Manual

Hope this helps.

Zeppelinx12

The paper pick up fingers and rollers get smooth and polished with use and then slide on the paper. Clean the rollers and pick mechanisms with isopropyl alcohol to rejuvenate them and restore their grip on the paper. Do this as far along the paper path as you can get, using Q Tips where necessary and turn the rollers to clean their whole surfaces.

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Get a Q-Tip and alcohol. Wet Q-tip with alcohol. Stand in front of the printer and look down where the paper feeds through. On the righthand side you will see a big roller that pulls the paper through and a little one right up under that. Clean both of them with the alcohol and Q-tip. Press the paper feed button and as it trys to act like it is feeding the paper, clean the roller with the Q-tip. Do this until the paper feeds through correctly.

Clean the feed roller(s) with a cloth dampened with alcohol. They are probably slippery with paper dust.

''grabber'' roller out of work sometimes, you may try
1) there is a input paper sensor around roller, the roller out of runing if the sensor is not senitive enough or sensor switch dirty,
clean the sensor as you can find it,
2) Lighter-weight paper feeds and prints fine, which means this paper input sensor works ok, but you need to make sure they are same paper input sensor,.
3) the paper surface bright and the roller worn could be cause paper feed fail, you need clean the roller anyway. still not fixed, you need to adjust the roller pressure by increase the spring force.`

May be the problem is at paper sensor, that dirty. The sensor is at bottom of head casing. When paper feeding, the sensor not get the light back, so the printer "think" that no paper. Try to clean paper sensor.

If its new, You may contact nearest service center.

 

 

Does it try to take the paper?........

 

....yes......Dirty paper feed rollers, clean rubber rollers with slightly damp rag

 

....No....... Paper/tray not installed correctly or sticking / dirty paper out sensor

 

Sorry cant help further cant picture model in mind