Deskjet 450 has problems feeding its letter sized papers.

Hi.

My client has a very old portable/mobile HP Deskjet 450 has problems
feeding its letter sized (8.5" x 11") papers a lot. Almost each sheet
gets stuck/jammed or doesn't feed at all. Is there a way to fix this issue?

If no fixes, then is there another printer that can use its 56 and 57
inks (he bought too many and doesn't want to toss them)?

Thank you in advance.
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From: "Ant"

Hi.

My client has a very old portable/mobile HP Deskjet 450 has problems
feeding its letter sized (8.5" x 11") papers a lot. Almost each sheet gets
stuck/jammed or doesn't feed at all. Is there a way to fix this issue?

If no fixes, then is there another printer that can use its 56 and 57 inks
(he bought too many and doesn't want to toss them)?

Thank you in advance.

New roller kit may be needed.

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My client has a very old portable/mobile HP Deskjet 450 has problems
feeding its letter sized (8.5" x 11") papers a lot. Almost each sheet
gets stuck/jammed or doesn't feed at all. Is there a way to fix this issue?

You can see about trying to clean the rollers. If you Google or check
HP, you can find detailed info for your particular model. Typically, you
would use some water (preferably very clean, distilled water) to wipe
down the pick-up rollers. You may need to rotate them to get all around,
but you need to be careful in that they may only properly roll one way.

If no fixes, then is there another printer that can use its 56 and 57
inks (he bought too many and doesn't want to toss them)?

If you check sites for what models use those cartridges, you can figure
out what model to replace it with. Nothing new probably uses them, but
you might find used models on eBay or similar.

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On 3/16/2014 5:55 AM PT, Andrew Rossmann typed:

My client has a very old portable/mobile HP Deskjet 450 has problems
feeding its letter sized (8.5" x 11") papers a lot. Almost each sheet
gets stuck/jammed or doesn't feed at all. Is there a way to fix this issue?

You can see about trying to clean the rollers. If you Google or check
HP, you can find detailed info for your particular model. Typically, you
would use some water (preferably very clean, distilled water) to wipe
down the pick-up rollers. You may need to rotate them to get all around,
but you need to be careful in that they may only properly roll one way.

Thanks. I found these two far related to the D-shaped rollers that need
to be cleaned according to these links. They are long and tedious:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6827896_pape...skjet-450.html
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/44350


If no fixes, then is there another printer that can use its 56 and 57
inks (he bought too many and doesn't want to toss them)?

If you check sites for what models use those cartridges, you can figure
out what model to replace it with. Nothing new probably uses them, but
you might find used models on eBay or similar.

Thanks. I found the list on
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/hom...atibleprinters
.... I assume all those printers are very old too. Do adapters exist
to reuse these old ink cartrdiges for the newer printer models?
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On 3/16/2014 5:31 AM PT, David H. Lipman typed:

My client has a very old portable/mobile HP Deskjet 450 has problems
feeding its letter sized (8.5" x 11") papers a lot. Almost each sheet
gets stuck/jammed or doesn't feed at all. Is there a way to fix this
issue?

If no fixes, then is there another printer that can use its 56 and 57
inks (he bought too many and doesn't want to toss them)?

New roller kit may be needed.

Hmm. I wonder how complex that is and if it is worth it.
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