HP Laserjet 6L FREE customer replaceable pads

[j0e]

I ordered 2.. My 5L does the same thing so I have to feed it 1 sheet at a time.. My friend has one with the same problem as well... Cant wait to get it!

 

[TBC]

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As for the "crappy feed mechanism," you're wrong. The feed & separation system works fine, the problem is the rubber compound didn't age very well. The replacement pad is a new compound, & should last longer.

Feed & separation rollers, transfer rollers, pickup rollers, and fusers are all considered to be consumable items in corporate level printers. In personal printers none of these parts are user replaceable, & no maintenance kit exists. FYI, a maintenance kit for a 4100 costs more than a brand new personal printer.

Viper GTS >>


There is a maintenance kit for it, along with a video for self installation. Although HP should be the ones fixing it.

http://fixyourownprinter.com/kkg0.html

 

[foofoo]

excellent,
thank you very much. i had given the printer away because it bugged me so much (and i got a 6p for $25) but my friend will be very happy to get this.

 

[ew915]

good deal, i thank you and my printer thanks you

 

[nealr]

I just got it today, and ran it flawlessly....
Seems to work pretty well, (no more wasted paper for me)

 

[chiggachu]

Holy bejeezus...thanks so much! I have had the 6L for a couple years and the feed problem developed last year. I ran out to buy a Samsung 1210 because i couldn't take it anymore! Multiple feed is a serious beotch when it's a network printer and you're printing from a room at the other side of the house. Now I have 2 network printers in my house! YAAAY!

 

[ChuckWits]

Thanks for this great find. I have a 5L that started to exhibit this problem; replaced it with an Epson Stylus C80, which I like, but I still like Lasers a lot. Almost threw away the Laserjet because a local repair shop wanted to charge around $100 to repair it.

 

[rT10]

awesome...
We have a 6L at work and it has been acting up for the last couple of weeks (multiple paper feeding). Just ordered one

Thanks warthogah.

 

[bongo626]

bump...i havef an 1100 and it's been giving me problems recently

 

[SiLEighTy]

I ordered 5 of these, and i only needed one.

If you guys want the other 4, PM me with your info, and i'll send them out for FREE via USPS 1st class mail!!!

ANd yes i have the Lastjet 6L and it kicks a.ss!

 

[pcmax]

Great deal, thanks. Was just about to order the repair kit for $30 from fixyourownprinter.com for my 5L. Confirmation shows extended delivery time of March 21, fine with me it's just sitting here anyway.

 

[thinlizzie]

This is coming from the UK? HP of UK. You guys think it will come??

 

[warthogah]

Just a heads up, the estimate time from HP is not accurate at all.
I ordered 6 on wed and it arrived yesterday in one USPS box (when the estimate was 3/11).
and Yes, the Laserjet 6L kicks ass!

 

[warthogah]

Think about how much the "repair" shops are making if they charge $100 a bang to insert something for free... hmmm....

 

[mawg]

warthogah,

you rock, dude. I was in the one-at-a-time crowd, looking to buy a new LJ soonest. Thanks for the info.

 

[TBC]

<< Think about how much the "repair" shops are making if they charge $100 a bang to insert something for free... hmmm.... >>


I doubt the repair shop is using this quick fix kit. There is a real repair kit out there that costs money. I have seen it on web pages and on ebay listed as a kit that is only sold to the repair shops. It costs around $30. It contains the rollers, pads etc. HP Link

One thing I read previously before I installed this quick fix that worried me was the fact that this rubber pad is only stuck on to the plastic inside your printer. It could unglue or break at some point, then get pulled inside and jam inside the laser printer, making it cost all the more to repair.

Thats the very reason why I would prefer to have had the complete roller replaced like it should be. HP won't do it because this saves them money.

Thats also the very reason why this kit is no longer recommended for the 5L printers, due to where the pad is stuck on in them. If you check the HP knowledgbase, it gives no fix for the 5L printers.

 

[yummer]

AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!

My 6L has multi-page feed problems and I was worrying that I'd have to get it repaired/replaced soon.. but now I won't have to!

 

[Zoinks]

Thanks, this is a great find! I've been suffering with multifeeds for 5 years or more. Sometimes, at the end of the paper, 20 sheets or more will get sucked in and jam up!

 

[GroundedSailor]

Got this from another forum:

The HP webmaster changes the server occassionally, so if you use the one provided by warthogah, you might end up somewhere else (or getting an Error 404) if the IP address changes.

Use this link if that happens

Updated link

Does anyone know how to recondition the rollers? Read somewhere that there's a liquid that can do the job - apparantly copy centers use it all the time.

 

[stopNshop]

Just got mine this morning. I haven't tried it but it should work on my aging 5L. By the way, if you haven't got yours, and want to get rid of the problem for now, try to clean the pad. That may help for a few days.


THANK YOU. warthogah.

 

[Souka]

Sweet....these did the trick.

I ordered 2 of each.

All four were used on two 6l's and two 1100's. Fixed the multi-page grab problem.

It appears these just adhere an extra layer of rubber to the pad. I suspect these can be only applied once, maybe twice before you have to tear apart the printer to replace the $8 pad.

I took apart a HP 6L....what a pain....took over 45 minutes to do the job.....

 

[JetsFanatic]

My 6l still works also...could always use some spare parts

thanks

 

[tommigsr]

oh gawd, thank you so much!!! been looking for a fix for my 6l

 

[cneo]

<<
There is a maintenance kit for it, along with a video for self installation. Although HP should be the ones fixing it.

http://fixyourownprinter.com/kkg0.html >>



I would recommend not using the HP's Fix. It is essentially a temporary fix, whereas at fixyourownprinter you can actually replaced the rubber pads and rollers that control the feed. It is the better way to go. I ordered both and in the end decided to go with this kit. It has been working perfectly for over a year.

 

[mawg]

Mine got here today, USPS Prio, ordered Sun evening. Seems like pretty good service to me. Intewresting stuff about that kit at fixyourownprinter.com, I'll be looking at that too. I'd love to keep this thing running for a few more years for little or nothing, does my heart good.

Tom