[BC] Sage Endec paper feed problem

[Jerry Mathis]

I just ran into this problem on one of my Sages. I solved mine by putting
JUST A DROP of fine oil on the "lawnmower" spool, and also on the ends of
same.

Glad to read about the fuse possibility and where to find a replacement
printer.

--
Jerry Mathis

On 7/26/09, radioranger <radioranger at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've got a Sage Endec EAS box with a printer problem.  The paper doesn't
> always advance when the printer does a line feed.  The mechanism appears to
> be working correctly, as I can see the little "reel type lawnmower" spool
> rotate when I do the manual paper advance routine, but the paper seems to
> be
> slipping too much and won't completely advance.  I wondered if the coating
> on the thermal paper had come off on the feed rollers and made them
> slippery
> so I tried lightly wetting a piece of regular copy paper with alcohol and
> running it thru the mechanism, but no help.  Has anyone else experienced
> this problem, and is there a fix, short of replacing the printer?
>
> Steve Brown
> Radio Rangers
> Minneapolis
>