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Paper returns only half way then stops

Blank paper only returning half way then stops, i have pulled it out . and it just repeats
Not printing at all
right hand side orange light flashing , when i press the button , the paper is released, and repeats as above.

  • lmindrebo Apr 28, 2009

    Orange paper light is blinking, when I press it to clear the paper jam, it feeds another piece of paper through and it stops halfway and jams again. When I hit the resume button it repeats the process of feeding and jamming.

  • Anonymous May 04, 2009

    Same issue as above. Any ideas?

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Remove the paper from the feeder unplug the power and plug it nback in it should go into initialization

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