HP LaserJet 5 Feeding Problem

[triedy]

I have an HP LaserJet 5 that will not feed from the Manual Feed Tray. When I put paper or envelopes in the tray and try to print the display says "Remove Paper Jam" but it does not have a paper jam and in fact no paper has even moved. Any help wpuld be greatly appreciated.

[ian c]

Does the mechanics of the printer go into action when you press print.
ie does the manual pickup roller start turning and do you hear a click.
does the problem occur when printing from the cassette
ian

[woodss]

Usually in normal operation of the Multipurpose tray of the HP LaserJet 4, 4 Plus and 5 printers you see the media lift to the roller and hear a click as the black piece is being lifted, inside the MP tray.

You should consider getting another pickup roller for the printer or there could be something wrong with the timing of the MP tray.