printer pick-up roller replacement sources

Ryan Underwood · 2005-09-04T00:10:14+00:00

Hi,I have several laser printers (TI Microlaser pro 600) and a pile of brand newconsumables for said printers. The printers are unusable because the pick-uprollers for the upper and lower paper trays, in all of the printers, eithermisses the paper entirely or jams at the input. Otherwise, the printers are infine condition and worked with no problems until they were retired.Acetone is supposed to restore marginal rubber as a temporary fix, but theserollers are very difficult to access, so a temporary fix would be more troublethan it's worth.I am having an unusual amount of trouble locating parts for these printers.TI/Genicom never replied to my email request. carries an*exit* roller, but it just happens to be an exact equivalent to an exit rollerthat another manufacturer supplies. I can't find anyone who will sell mepickup rollers. So if anyone knows of a supplier for this part, please let meknow.Another thought I had is that perhaps the rollers can be re-lined with freshrubber in a generic fashion. But I don't know what such a process would becalled, and am even more skeptical that it would be economical in single digitquantities. (I have six bad rollers in all.) However, if someone couldmanufacture a replacement based on a few failed samples, I'm certain it couldbe stocked in quantity by at least one vendor.I *hate* to throw these printers away especially with all the brand new tonerthat came with them. But if replacements for whatever rubber parts are in itare not available, I guess there's very little choice with any machine, isn'tthere?A new corollary to the electrolytic capacitor axiom.