Laser Printer Paper Jams

Printer jams occur when the paper feeding through the printer goes awry.

Laser printer paper jams.

Otherwise you will only have one piece of paper to feed and it will not jam. Sometimes the printer ignores the problem soldiers onward and extrudes a crumpled mess into the output tray. As mentioned earlier paper jams are an inevitability over the life of your printer. Either clean the residue add a new spring or replace the old spring with a new and stronger one.

The paper tray is one of the most likely spots to get a paper jam. Refer to the paper path diagrams usually located on the inside cover for key areas or your printer manual for additional information about accessing the printer s manual refer to the downloading and viewing printer manuals section. Under the paper path cover if your printer has a paper path cover behind the carriage remove the cover and then remove any jammed paper. Overfilling the paper tray is frequently causes paper jams.

You will know this is the case when the printer jams only if you have more than one piece of paper in tray 1. If any paper got stuck while feeding from the tray into the printer gently pull it back out of the printer to remove it. By brien posey in printers on march 12 2003 12 00 am pst examine the pickup roller and the separation pad and spring. However if you re encountering frequent paper jams the following steps may help prevent them.

On some laserjet printers you might need to remove the toner cartridge and or imaging drum to access the paper jam. Troubleshoot chronic paper jams on hp laserjet 1100 printers. If your printer has a paper tray do not fill the tray. Open the printer and check the paper path for a paper jam or misfeed.

Preventing a printer paper jam. Press the resume button on the printer if this is the only spot that paper jammed. Sometimes a printer will continue to push the paper through the system which leaves you with crumpled sheet that contains uneven printing and smudging.