[CS-FSLUG] HP 2500CM

[Timothy Butler]

Hi everyone,
	Does anyone have any experience with a HP 2500CM "Professional  
Series" printer? One I use to admin at church was given to me. It has  
been in storage for years, but as I recall, it worked fine when it  
went into storage. It now has a peculiar problem. Whenever I try to  
print anything, it spits one page out blank, the next page blank, and  
right before the second page comes out, the third page begins coming  
out -- it is blank too. (In other words, it never prints anything.)  
I'm guessing because of the third page being pulled at the same time  
as the very end of the second page, the printer realizes something is  
wrong and insists there is a paper jam (there isn't).

	This happens if I try to print the head alignment page, the self- 
test pages, or print something from my Mac to the JetDirect network  
connection. Always one page that comes out blank but without issue  
followed by a second page which is not quite all the way out when the  
third page jumps out.

	I've tried cleaning the paper pulling wheels that I can get to (the  
ones in tray three are hard to get to). It happens with both trays.

	Any ideas what might cause this or how to fix it? Normally, I'm not  
much for repairing printers, but this is such a nice, heavy duty one  
I hate to give up on it too quickly.

	Thanks,
		Tim




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