Equipment or Bakra : 4 year old defunct HP 1020 plus
Tools of the Trade : A philips magnetic, Philip long shaft , a flat-head long shaft, Noose plier, normal plier, Kerosene, cloth, Wd 40 can, Tooth brush (hard bristle, a 1.5 inch paint brush.
Skill Level: Average to Advance. Depends how badly you want to conk the already dud stuff.
Here we go:
Have always been a DIY guy, be it fiddling with car engines or tech gadget, have overhauled couple of car engines in past. So guess it proves how desperate I am to open things and blow them apart or sometime fix them in the process.
After Dear Dr. Frank Mehta send me a Samsung ML1640, this HP was pretty neglected at the corner. I thought i would give it to somebody as a parts donor because 4 years is pretty long for any IT equipment. This was showing its sign of age, not pulling paper, patches of ink on edges etc.
Also HP recently is trying very hardly to shoo its faithful customer away. Locking cartridges, refill locking, low print yield, quality issues, warranty issue, you name it.
But i can assure you these 4th generation HP laser (namely 1020 etc) that takes 12A toner was build quite well.
Today i returned early from work, and believe me its extreme cold in here this year, I had nothing to do, so decided to open it up and have a look. To my surprise, printer was pretty intact, loct of dust and muck on the gears was preventing the paper to be pulled correctly. And a worn out teflon roller was the suspect for the patch and improper prints. Called one of my boys to get the new teflon and "Waalla" Rs.250, half a liter of kerosene plus 2 hours the printer is back in action.
Enjoy
The Bakra
Screws to open.
Connectors, They are pretty easy and color coded, none will fit in each other.
Gear System Dis-assembly
Dirty Gears in Muck and Dust.
Clean and Shiny gear, Just like new.
Fuser Assembly Dis-assembling
The black protection plastic cover needs to be removed and the springs needs to be removed carefully.
Check the worn out teflon roller.
New Teflon roller
Check the difference
Disclaimer:
The author, that is me or the website, that is TE cannot be held responsble if you try this madness on your own and loose a limb or sight in the process.
hyeah:
No printer was killed in doing this project. Half a liter of non renewable petroleum product, i.e. kerosene was wasted in this process. So Sunita Narain (yeah that crazy Coca Cola pesticide lady) can sue me, if she likes.
Mods please update the server, so that uploading images is easier (Like we have in tbhp).
Please move to appropriate section if out of place.
Tools of the Trade : A philips magnetic, Philip long shaft , a flat-head long shaft, Noose plier, normal plier, Kerosene, cloth, Wd 40 can, Tooth brush (hard bristle, a 1.5 inch paint brush.
Skill Level: Average to Advance. Depends how badly you want to conk the already dud stuff.
Here we go:
Have always been a DIY guy, be it fiddling with car engines or tech gadget, have overhauled couple of car engines in past. So guess it proves how desperate I am to open things and blow them apart or sometime fix them in the process.
After Dear Dr. Frank Mehta send me a Samsung ML1640, this HP was pretty neglected at the corner. I thought i would give it to somebody as a parts donor because 4 years is pretty long for any IT equipment. This was showing its sign of age, not pulling paper, patches of ink on edges etc.
Also HP recently is trying very hardly to shoo its faithful customer away. Locking cartridges, refill locking, low print yield, quality issues, warranty issue, you name it.
But i can assure you these 4th generation HP laser (namely 1020 etc) that takes 12A toner was build quite well.
Today i returned early from work, and believe me its extreme cold in here this year, I had nothing to do, so decided to open it up and have a look. To my surprise, printer was pretty intact, loct of dust and muck on the gears was preventing the paper to be pulled correctly. And a worn out teflon roller was the suspect for the patch and improper prints. Called one of my boys to get the new teflon and "Waalla" Rs.250, half a liter of kerosene plus 2 hours the printer is back in action.
Enjoy
The Bakra
Screws to open.
Connectors, They are pretty easy and color coded, none will fit in each other.
Gear System Dis-assembly
Dirty Gears in Muck and Dust.
Clean and Shiny gear, Just like new.
Fuser Assembly Dis-assembling
The black protection plastic cover needs to be removed and the springs needs to be removed carefully.
Check the worn out teflon roller.
New Teflon roller
Check the difference
Disclaimer:
The author, that is me or the website, that is TE cannot be held responsble if you try this madness on your own and loose a limb or sight in the process.
hyeah:No printer was killed in doing this project. Half a liter of non renewable petroleum product, i.e. kerosene was wasted in this process. So Sunita Narain (yeah that crazy Coca Cola pesticide lady) can sue me, if she likes.
Thanks for reading.
PS: Mods please update the server, so that uploading images is easier (Like we have in tbhp).
Please move to appropriate section if out of place.
