Re: Kyocera 1020D paper misfeeding - suggestions please

(This is a follow-up to a post I made here on the 4th of January, but
my server doesn't still have the thread, so this may appear as a new
thread.)

I wrote then:

> I've got a Kyocera FS-1020D laser printer.... the paper started
> mis-feeding, leading to paper jams in various places through the
> printer. I suspect it is at the initial paper pick-up roller that
> the problem is occuring. I now get a mis-feed about every 4th
> sheet!! Lots of wasted paper. Occurs more often in the middle of
> multi-page runs than single sheet jobs, but is getting more frequent
> as time goes on.

And asked for suggestions. Various were made. (Google groups doesn't
seem to be carrying the whole thread, as I recall it...)

What I tried was sugar soap to clean the rubber pickup roller, and
this has improved things dramatically - I have only had one misfeed
since cleaning the rollers.

Cheers

Colin

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Colin Brough lid
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I am unsure what sugar soap is, can you explain that formulation for
those of us who don't know this term?

Art

Colin Brough wrote:

> (This is a follow-up to a post I made here on the 4th of January, but
> my server doesn't still have the thread, so this may appear as a new
> thread.)
>
> I wrote then:
>
>
>>I've got a Kyocera FS-1020D laser printer.... the paper started
>>mis-feeding, leading to paper jams in various places through the
>>printer. I suspect it is at the initial paper pick-up roller that
>>the problem is occuring. I now get a mis-feed about every 4th
>>sheet!! Lots of wasted paper. Occurs more often in the middle of
>>multi-page runs than single sheet jobs, but is getting more frequent
>>as time goes on.
>
>
> And asked for suggestions. Various were made. (Google groups doesn't
> seem to be carrying the whole thread, as I recall it...)
>
> What I tried was sugar soap to clean the rubber pickup roller, and
> this has improved things dramatically - I have only had one misfeed
> since cleaning the rollers.
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>