My printer keeps chewing up paper!

eatingrich · Nov 25, 2006, 01:53 PM

Sorry I'm sure you all looked at the thread title and just groaned, but I'm an absolute novice with printers, they hate me, and I hate them.

I just set up my old printer trying to get it work, cause the last time I used it the black ink wouldn't work properly and I wanted to see if it needed a new ribbon.

So anyway I get it loaded up and install the drivers etc, then when I press the load paper button the right hand side goes through then chews up, the left hand side of the page doesn't even move though (ie it doesn't come through even slightly). its the same when I try print.

i downloaded a user guide but frankly it was baffling and I couldn't see anything of relevance.

Any ideas as to why its doing this?

thanks in advance as always!

PangingJr · Nov 25, 2006, 03:54 PM

i think you can tell us your printer make and model?
i don't have a clue what is causing that... but may be someone who has the printer can help you.

eatingrich · Nov 26, 2006, 09:43 AM

good thinking, sorry about that!

Its an Epson Stylus C80 Inkject printer.

I'm wondering if the little rollers that are supposed to pull through the paper aren't working on one side, and as such the other side just gets chewed up. But I have no ide how that could happen or how to fix it!

PangingJr · Nov 27, 2006, 04:58 AM

i still cannot help you with that problem, but i believe i'll have a printer man cooming in to service mines within a few days, will ask this question if i have a chance to see him and that if it's making sense to me at all then i'll let you know...

Dyre Straits · Nov 27, 2006, 07:23 AM

It just so happens that someone gave me an Epson Inkjet 880 not long ago. But, I haven't bothered to hook it up to see if it even works. Would the C80 and 880 be similar at all?

What comes to mind is that it may be possible that ink has leaked onto the rollers on that side and is causing the rollers to stick. You might take some cotton swabs and dampen them to see if you can clean those rollers.....or even move them to see if they rotate at all.

If the C80 and 880 are similar, I can hook this one up to a computer here and see if it even works. I've just not had any incentive to do so because I have plenty of working printers already.

eatingrich · Nov 27, 2006, 12:05 PM

cheers for the replies, no idea whether they're similar but swabbing the buds might be an idea. I remember looking at the rollers and they were spinning, it was as if that side of it wasn't pushing the paper in, so it might not be the rollers per se but the section thats supposed to move the paper towards them, or something!

I'll swab em and give it another shot tonight!

Nov 25, 2006, 01:53 PM	#1
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	My printer keeps chewing up paper! Sorry I'm sure you all looked at the thread title and just groaned, but I'm an absolute novice with printers, they hate me, and I hate them. I just set up my old printer trying to get it work, cause the last time I used it the black ink wouldn't work properly and I wanted to see if it needed a new ribbon. So anyway I get it loaded up and install the drivers etc, then when I press the load paper button the right hand side goes through then chews up, the left hand side of the page doesn't even move though (ie it doesn't come through even slightly). its the same when I try print. i downloaded a user guide but frankly it was baffling and I couldn't see anything of relevance. Any ideas as to why its doing this? thanks in advance as always! __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Nov 26, 2006, 09:43 AM	Thread Starter #3
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	good thinking, sorry about that! Its an Epson Stylus C80 Inkject printer. I'm wondering if the little rollers that are supposed to pull through the paper aren't working on one side, and as such the other side just gets chewed up. But I have no ide how that could happen or how to fix it! __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Nov 27, 2006, 12:05 PM	Thread Starter #6
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	cheers for the replies, no idea whether they're similar but swabbing the buds might be an idea. I remember looking at the rollers and they were spinning, it was as if that side of it wasn't pushing the paper in, so it might not be the rollers per se but the section thats supposed to move the paper towards them, or something! I'll swab em and give it another shot tonight! __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Nov 25, 2006, 03:54 PM	#2
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i think you can tell us your printer make and model? i don't have a clue what is causing that... but may be someone who has the printer can help you.

Nov 27, 2006, 04:58 AM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i still cannot help you with that problem, but i believe i'll have a printer man cooming in to service mines within a few days, will ask this question if i have a chance to see him and that if it's making sense to me at all then i'll let you know...