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[–] teft@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The printer might just need a maintenance kit done to it. Those rollers are meant to wear out over time.

[–] WagesOf@artemis.camp 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty much guaranteed. The rubber stops working as a function of time just as much as pages printed.

A maint kit is cheap and takes about 5 mins to install.

[–] czech@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is surprising they'd stop working after only occasional use. The rollers on my scanner are good for 30k scans.

[–] GizmoLion@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say "occasional use", I read "given time for dust to collect".

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's this. All the printers at my office started screwing up in 2022 after barely any usage from 2020-2022.

[–] teft@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like WagesOf said below, the rollers wear out over time and use. So even if you don't use them they do eventually just wear out.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Or even just cleaning from dust, maybe even spider webs.