LaserWriter Pro repair questions
I have both a LaserWriter Pro 600 and a 630. Both are having problems.
The 630's problems seem pretty straightforward - it is exhibiting the
classic accordion on paper exit problem of printers this age. I know I
can order replacement rollers online but I would prefer to try the
rollers from the 600 first. How hard is this repair? I can get the LW
Pro service manual pdf.
The more vexing problem is with the 600. When I power on I get the two
blinking lights on the right which I have been told indicate a fuser
problem. I jumpered the pins on the serial port and got the one light to
the left and the two lights to the right that further indicate a fuser
problem. Now here is where it gets tricky - I swapped the fuser
assemblies between the two printers and the 600's assembly did fine in
the 630 and the 600 exhibited the same trouble lights with the fuser
assembly from the 630. How do I proceed from here and what is the likely
problem and how hard will it be to fix it or swap parts between machines.
Plan A is to get the LW 600 Pro up and running if I can - cannabalizing
the 630 if necessary. It only has just over 50,000 pages printed and I
still have lots of toner and two backup toner carts for it.
Plan B is forget the 600 and get the 630 up and running, cannabalizing
the 600 if necessary. The 630 has 199,000 pages and doesn't pick up as
well from the manual feed tray as the 600 but is otherwise fine. And I
can also use the toner carts with it if need be.
I have the all the hardware I need to use both of these on my home
office network with both OS 9 and OS X. I doubt I will pay money for the
prices I am seeing online for rollers or fusers. I doubt I will pay
bench prices for local Mac experts to troubleshoot it. If it comes to
any of that I will part out what I can, donate the rest from these two
printers and get a current low end laser printer that I have seen for
$80 or so after rebate ( = Plan C).
Please help me get at least one of these fixed and back up and running.
Brian
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