Fixed my 2007 printer with a rubber band and a paperclip

Last week my old HP printer started jamming every time I tried to print a shipping label. The rubber pickup roller had worn down smooth so it couldn't grab the paper anymore. I wrapped a thick rubber band around the roller and used a paperclip to hook the slack underneath keep it tight. Printed 15 labels since then without a single jam lol. Has anyone else bodged a printer part back to life with random stuff around the house?

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3 Comments

river95224d ago

Man's greatest modern invention is figuring out how to keep decade-old garbage running with office supplies. HP should just start shipping paperclips with their printers.

shane_park9224d ago

My Canon printer ate paper till I wrapped tape around the roller too.

nancyg1424d ago

Wait, isn't the tape supposed to go on the rubber part of the roller, not wrapped around the whole thing? I had a similar Canon that jammed constantly and a little strip of electrical tape on the worn part fixed it for like 6 months. You must be wrapping it real tight to get it to work at all, or maybe yours is a different model than mine was.