Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "leon_heller" 
<leon_heller@h...> wrote:
> 
> I've just rescued an abandoned Brother HL-630 laser printer left on 
> the pavement near where I live. It was complete and even had the 
> printer lead attached.
> 
> It had been raining heavily so I took out the drum and toner 
> cartridge, dried it out, replaced them and switched it on. It won't 
> feed paper properly so it probably needs a replacement drum, there 
> isn't much else to go wrong. Some of the toner image gets 
transferred 
> onto the paper before it jams, so the toner transfer must be 
working.
> 
> I might try to get it working properly and see if I can turn it 
into 
> a photoplotter. Has anyone else experimented with this particular 
> printer?
> 
> Leon


My experiance with lasers is that there is often a rubber type pick-
up wheel that wears and eventually needs replacemnt.

I think there is a website on fixing your own printer, but not sure 
of the URL.

Dave