HP LaserJet 4P Paper Jams - strange problem

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On 20 Jul 2004 23:37:51 -0700, yarchil@hotmail.co.il (Yosi) wrote:

>Hi all
>
>With my HP LaserJet 4P experience the following problem:
>
>1. When job of few pages is processed from the tray, after few pages
>are printed I get eventually "Paper jam" error. The actual reason
>found by me is that there is overlapp (of ~1 inch) between previous
>paper and the new one: The printer begin to load new paper too early,
>before the previous paper left the path, and it prints the bottom of
>the previous page on the head of the new paper, then stop on "Paper
>jam".
>2. When job is processes from manual feed, and I wait until I see the
>previous paper begin to get out before I feed the new paper, there are
>no problems.
>
>Do someone experienced this problem? Have any idea how to locate/solve
>the problem?
>
>With best regards
>Yosi yarchi

You need to replace the pickup rollers and separation pad.

Frank