johnkool
2004-09-28 03:23:51 UTC
I paid $100 plus shipping for a used Apple LaserWriter 8500. Fast (20
pages/minute) , Lots of communication ports, lots of paper sizes.
Compatible Mac or PC.
The shipper did a fantastic job of packing the unit, but the prior owner,
thinking he was doing me a favor, left almost a ream of paper in the paper
tray. With all the plastic parts, there was some shock damage. It only
drew paper from the multi purpose tray.
I looked for parts, but could only find used paper trays, the cheapest of
which was $125....(more than I paid for the printer).
I am extremely pleased with myself for fixing the paper tray. (Trying hard
to pat myself on the back without breaking my arm)
Fix 1: the long flat plastic piece with geared teeth that connected the left
and right paper guides so moving one side would adjust the other:
There were channels in the plastic, so the manufacturer could get by
with less plastic, I suppose. I put lengths of wooden match sticks in the
channels to act as an internal splint and filled the channel with epoxy.
Fix 2: one of the metal guides that barely contacts the corners of the
pages is supposed to fit in a slot of plastic to keep it in place. Once of
the sides of the slot was broken off, letting the metal guide slip clear off
the corner of the papers. I fixed this by holding the guide in
place with a "twist-tie" left over from a loaf of bread. (Back on the farm,
baling wire and chewing gum fixed many things)
Fix 3: Fiddling with a wheel that determined the correct paper orientation.
This particular machine will accept paper either long side feed or short
side feed. Trial and error solved that problem.
I only post the steps I took to solve the problem on the chance one of you
may someday have a similar problem.
And because it has been slow on this news group....
And, like the Protestant who went to Catholic confession to say how much sex
he had...."I just had to tell somebody."
pages/minute) , Lots of communication ports, lots of paper sizes.
Compatible Mac or PC.
The shipper did a fantastic job of packing the unit, but the prior owner,
thinking he was doing me a favor, left almost a ream of paper in the paper
tray. With all the plastic parts, there was some shock damage. It only
drew paper from the multi purpose tray.
I looked for parts, but could only find used paper trays, the cheapest of
which was $125....(more than I paid for the printer).
I am extremely pleased with myself for fixing the paper tray. (Trying hard
to pat myself on the back without breaking my arm)
Fix 1: the long flat plastic piece with geared teeth that connected the left
and right paper guides so moving one side would adjust the other:
There were channels in the plastic, so the manufacturer could get by
with less plastic, I suppose. I put lengths of wooden match sticks in the
channels to act as an internal splint and filled the channel with epoxy.
Fix 2: one of the metal guides that barely contacts the corners of the
pages is supposed to fit in a slot of plastic to keep it in place. Once of
the sides of the slot was broken off, letting the metal guide slip clear off
the corner of the papers. I fixed this by holding the guide in
place with a "twist-tie" left over from a loaf of bread. (Back on the farm,
baling wire and chewing gum fixed many things)
Fix 3: Fiddling with a wheel that determined the correct paper orientation.
This particular machine will accept paper either long side feed or short
side feed. Trial and error solved that problem.
I only post the steps I took to solve the problem on the chance one of you
may someday have a similar problem.
And because it has been slow on this news group....
And, like the Protestant who went to Catholic confession to say how much sex
he had...."I just had to tell somebody."