OfficeJet 4215 is in trouble...

[William R. Walsh]

Hello all...

I found an OfficeJet 4215 sitting on the curb and picked it up. After being
dried out, all functions worked fine. Both ink cartridges reported over 50%
capacity remaining. The only obvious problem was a broken document feeder
tray.

Just the other day I sent a print job to it and got a surprise. The carriage
in the printer slammed back and forth violently to the extreme ends of its
travel several times before the display reported a "paper jam". (It didn't
sound like a paper jam to me!) This OfficeJet was sitting on top of a
mini-tower computer turned sideways and used as a printer stand. The
carriage slammed so hard each time that the computer shook.

I looked for jammed paper and found none anywhere in the unit. I don't
believe that paper jammed in it while I was away. I also checked the encoder
strip to be sure it was in place. It looks fine and is not dirty.

Is there anything I've overlooked here?

William

 

[boyzo]

I think you picked up some dirt from the curb ;-)
Seriously some bargains around I found on the curb an AMD 3200 Athlon
and top ASUS MB
all it needed was new CMOS battery
HD / memory and it runs sweet

Good luck

 

[wm_walsh]

Hi!

I think you picked up some dirt from the curb ;-)

Perhaps so. While it was working, it did a very good job for what
seemed like a cheap machine. Scan and print quality was very good. Even
the color faxing function didn't do too badly. (Yes, I had to try
it...and this was the first time I had two color fax machines in my
possession...)

I took it apart last night and tried to look for any obvious problems.
I didn't find anything, so I guess it's off to the parts bin. Anybody
need a working control panel (in very good condition) or the plastics?
Yours for shipping or they are off to eBay. Post to the group with a
valid reply-to and I'll contact you.

Oh well...I found an HP OfficeJet V40 and 720 to replace it. Both work
fine, although I had to clean an ink mess out of the V40.

Along with the OJ4215 I found a Viewsonic monitor and Sony VAIO PC.
Somebody had smashed up the motherboard in the PC with a hammer. The
monitor is like new and still working well. And people wonder why our
landfills are getting full?

William