Rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl) on a swab might be enough. If they’re glazed over, replacement is needed. I’ve used rubber restore products on paper rollers in the past and it’s hit or miss. See if Brother has a “maintenance kit” for this model. If it’s a more office-y commercial model they might. -- Jameel Akari
On Jul 20, 2021, at 5:15 PM, Kenneth Gober via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
My experience with HP printers is that the rubber paper pickup roller gets hard/slick so that it doesn't pull paper properly. If you can't get new rollers for your printer, there are chemicals out there that might restore the rubber enough that it will grab paper again. I haven't ever used the chemicals because (so far) I've been able to get my hands on replacement rollers.
-ken
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 5:12 PM Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sort of off topic as it's not really vintage, It's about 10 years old and I'm not about to toss a working printer. :-)
I have a working multi-function printer. The only issue is that its paper feed only partially picks up the paper then 'jams' or gets a no paper message. I'm pretty certain that the printer just needs a good cleaning (it's covered in dust). Any pointers? What works best on the pickups?
It's a Brother MFC-7860DW (Wireless).
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