Did anyone else have trouble feeding the paper through, under the "wood tear strip"? It keeps catching on the triangular pieces on both sides.
936186
Yes. It's a piece of junk. Absolutely impossible to pull paper through without the edges getting caught.
936187
The paper tears smoothly but pulling it through afterwards is not easy. I gave this away as it was too frustrating and cumbersome.
936188
I agree -- I have not been pleased with this product. The paper wrinkles while feeding it over the triangles and then it's too hard to get a clean tear if it makes it under the strip. I've ended up using the thin paper as void fill but I had hoped for so much more...
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Since I'm not with the printer ... at father-in-law's house .. not sure. But if he was having paper jams I'm sure I'd have heard about it (see him almost every day). However, sometimes copiers are sensitive to paper direction. Try turning the stack over. In the past paper had to be put in the tray a certain side up and the ream wrapper actually had an arrow showing you this. If I find out more I'll let you know.
1739237
I think you should try using the document feeder just above the paper tray.
1805144
The rubber rollers feed the wood through. Make sure the adustment is low enough to take off material from the board or the rubbers won't contact it. I have also found that soft wood like pine leaves residue on the roller causing them to slip. It's a good idea to have a dust collection or shop vac hooked up to it, and blow it out with compressed air occasionally. It that doesn't help then you probably have a failure of the feed mechanism.
32457
I have the same problem. I am unable to staple 2 sheets without the staple cutting thru the first sheet and therbye not keeping the pages attached. Bad batch possibly? If their is a solution, I don't know it. 3 sheets or heavy paper works fine
2148557
There are rubber rollers that grab/push the paper, sometimes they get sticky from residue buildup, you can rub them down with a Q-tip dipped in a little alcohol. But I am not sure if this your problem. Is there something blocking the paper catch, could it have a residue build up around the hookup area?
533454
I don't have that problem, however, pulling the tray out to fill it is very difficult. I am afraid it will break and it does not hold too much paper.
243932
I have spent many hours, knowing there must be an answer, with my family laughing at me all the while at my half torn, useless attempts. BUT HERE IS THE ANSWER (one that works for me anyway !!!When tearing the towel, first take a hold at the very top of the roll where you can see where it's supposed to tear and pull straight DOWN from there. Don't pull left or right, just straight down with a confiddent yank
2088751
I had a similar problem, until I used a book on either side so that the page feeds level in and level out. Then it was clear sailing, never had the problem again. Hope this helps.
753752
yeah, sadly it happens to me to often, more than 50% of the time the paper won't load all the way into the printer, thus the printer recognize it as paper-jam, and it has been two months since i've bought it, so guess there is no returning this purchase, lexmark are great at software problem solving for windows7, but i doubt they will replace it since this is not a manufacturing error, but bad-design PERIOD
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1st of all, do NOT takle it apart. put on safety glasses, unload staples (same as you load them) dig out stuck staple in end. wolla. Whatever it was you tried to staple might be too hard or thick. Jerry
395372
it was difficult for me too then my teenager walked in and slowly peeled off the red rectangle and set the fire on the sticky part underneath! it holds hard but can be removed if you want to change it out later but I like my pink cover :)
1902954
I just tried it for you. Unfortunately the thickness of the paper causes "stair stepping" (for lack of a better description!). You would have to take each to a paper trimmer to even out the edges.
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I just ordered one of these (for $87 from Geeks) - a refurb. I come from a copier repair background and would offer some suggestions concerning its jamming issues. As mentioned above - clean the feed roller with alcohol. Make sure you thourghly fan the paper before loading. If you still have jamming - turn the stack of paper over. Paper DOES have different "grain" front to back and one side will allow a better "grip" then the other. I wouldn't believe this if it weren't for my background. It sounds like this machine is more picky than many with it's feed system - but so are some copiers - and there ARE work-arounds. So I'll take my chances with it, and post a review later... I just ordered one of these (for $87 from Geeks) - a refurb. I come from a copier repair background and would offer some suggestions concerning its jamming issues. As mentioned above - clean the feed roller with alcohol. Make sure you thourghly fan the paper before loading. If you still have jamming - turn the stack of paper over. Paper DOES have different "grain" front to back and one side will allow a better "grip" then the other. I wouldn't believe this if it weren't for my background. It sounds like this machine is more picky than many with it's feed system - but so... » Read More I just ordered one of these (for $87 from Geeks) - a refurb. I come from a copier repair background and would offer some suggestions concerning its jamming issues. As mentioned above - clean the feed roller with alcohol. Make sure you thourghly fan the paper before loading. If you still have jamming - turn the stack of paper over. Paper DOES have different "grain" front to back and one side will allow a better "grip" then the other. I wouldn't believe this if it weren't for my background. It sounds like this machine is more picky than many with it's feed system - but so are some copiers - and there ARE work-arounds. So I'll take my chances with it, and post a review later... « Show Less
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I have . The major problem is you can't put very much paper in shut and it jams frequently.
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I'm surprised, I think the document feeder is the best I've personally experienced of at least 4 printers of different makes. I would tell you about the same as Craig Kuper - thinking it is possibly the type of paper or try one of the techniques to create an air spacing temporarily between the pages. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
203745
Greg, that sounds like the problem we had. Something may have fallen into your paper feeder. I unplugged ours and gently shook it back and forth. It dislodged what was in it. Now it works great! Good luck!