[rescue] Help with Laserjet 4SI duplexer error (phantom pain)

[Andrew Weiss]

My guess... look for where the duplexer unit attaches and look for a broken
plastic flag or debris in the sensor.

Andrew


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Novak" <rnovak at indyramp.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: [rescue] Help with Laserjet 4SI duplexer error (phantom pain)


> Hi folks,
>
> I'm messing with some neat 90s printers (IIIsi, 4SI) and I have
> one 4SI that's a bit baffling. Apparently at some point it had a
> duplexer, because it's giving me a "54 SERVICE" error which apparently
> means there's a problem with the duplexer unit or the duplexer guide.
>
> Alas, there is no duplexer in the machine.
>
> Does anyone know how to convince a 4SI that the missing duplexer is
> in fact not there, or anything else that might get it past this error?
>
> The first IIIsi I tested looked good, and printed a happy test
> page (200k pages or so)... but it has no interfaces installed.
> I can fix that if I cannibalize one of the others.
>
> The upside of this project is it's kinda nice to be in front of my laptop
> in the parking lot messing with this stuff, with an extension cord dropped
> off the porch so I don't have to carry the 120+ pound printers upstairs.
:)
>
> --
> Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com *
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> "I don't want to doubt you, Know everything about you
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