HP Deskjet 890C - alternate flashing LEDs

Here's the problem:

My 890C is taking in a sheet of paper to print, and just as the printer
heads move across to the left-hand side of the page, it stops and the two
LEDs on the front flash alternately. Occasionally it does the same but
without picking up a sheet of paper.

Has anyone experienced similar problems? If so, how did you solve it. If
it needs cleaning, I would prefer to do it, than have it professionally
serviced for a high fee.

Steve.

Steve Elliott wrote:
>
> Here's the problem:
>
> My 890C is taking in a sheet of paper to print, and just as the
>printer heads move across to the left-hand side of the page, it stops
>and the two LEDs on the front flash alternately.

Why not post your question at

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/cgi...ublic/forum.pl

There's a great group there, and all sorts of valuable parts and
servicing info is available.

-=Art=- drartieatattd0tnet

Clean and very lightly lube the bar the heads travel on.

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:29:06 -0000, "Steve Elliott"
<> wrote:

>Here's the problem:
>
>My 890C is taking in a sheet of paper to print, and just as the printer
>heads move across to the left-hand side of the page, it stops and the two
>LEDs on the front flash alternately. Occasionally it does the same but
>without picking up a sheet of paper.
>
>Has anyone experienced similar problems? If so, how did you solve it. If
>it needs cleaning, I would prefer to do it, than have it professionally
>serviced for a high fee.
>
>Steve.
>

__ __ __ __ __
Regards, Chris
[spamblock used]

"Steve Elliott" <> wrote in message
news:btndfh$sra$...
> Here's the problem:
>
> My 890C is taking in a sheet of paper to print, and just as the printer
> heads move across to the left-hand side of the page, it stops and the two
> LEDs on the front flash alternately. Occasionally it does the same but
> without picking up a sheet of paper.

http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printer.../bpd09144.html has some hints
that may help. I would suspect the most likely case is a misplaced clutch
actuator.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP


I would suspect the encoder strip may be dirty. You can clean the strip as
shown at the following:

Thanks to you and everyone else on this thread. Have done some cleaning and
lubricating and it seems to be working okay at the moment.

Steve.

"Bob Headrick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Steve Elliott" <> wrote in message
> news:btndfh$sra$...
> > Here's the problem:
> >
> > My 890C is taking in a sheet of paper to print, and just as the printer
> > heads move across to the left-hand side of the page, it stops and the
two
> > LEDs on the front flash alternately. Occasionally it does the same but
> > without picking up a sheet of paper.
>
> http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printer.../bpd09144.html has some
hints
> that may help. I would suspect the most likely case is a misplaced clutch
> actuator.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
>
>
> I would suspect the encoder strip may be dirty. You can clean the strip
as
> shown at the following:
>
>