Cracking open Hewlett Packard's IIP, the original personal LaserJet printer

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• RE: Cracking open Hewlett Packard's IIP, the original personal LaserJet printer

  I remember having one of these; nice printer. you could get a 3rd party PostScript cartridge for it IIRC.

  

  mcgonegal

  1 October, 2010 10:29

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• Transfer roller

  The part you labeled a fuser roller, sequence no. 10, is actually the transfer roller. Paper runs between it and the drum in the toner cartridge, and a strong charge through the conductive foam rubber of the transfer roller pulls toner image off the drum and onto the paper between them.

  

  kidtree

  1 October, 2010 11:07

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• Canon parts

  On sequence no. 18, you point out that the main drive motor is made by Canon. In fact, the entire print engine is from Canon, as with most HP LaserJets. HP adds their own controlling electronics and operation panel, but the guts are pure Canon. The label on the motor includes a part number, RH7-1094. That's the alpha-numeric pattern of Canon parts, and HP also uses those numbers for those parts they don't specifically design for their own machines.

  

  kidtree

  1 October, 2010 11:20

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• Don't Laugh

  Hey, I've still got a IIp, and it's still working fine.
  
  And I've got the lower tray assembly and maxxed out memory.

  

  rag@...

  4 October, 2010 07:35

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  • RE: Cracking open Hewlett Packard's IIP, the original personal LaserJet printer

    @rag@... My school had one of these locked away in a closet, and I wanted to bring it home, but they threw it away before I could get it. Oh well, at least I managed to get an LJ4. They just don't make them like they used to.

    

    thehumanyawn

    5 October, 2010 09:35

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