HP 4L does not feed paper...

[hollisterbulldawg]

Hello. My fifteen year old HP 4L laserjet has had a bad week. First came the loud groaning noise which I traced to a bad motor drive gear and replaced it. Now the paper will not manually feed. All that happens is a soft clicking of a solenoid somewhere but the orange paper light does not go out nor does anything else happen with the printer. If i hit the blue lever with paper ready to feed, the lights cycle but come back to the paper light without anything but that soft solenoid click. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[cs_steve]

Well ... those solenoids can also gum up and "go bad". Unfortunately HP has stopped supporting the 4L (discontinued making parts for it) . It may be time to replace this printer: a good replacement is the LaserJet 2100, 2200, 2300 series ...
http://www.printertechs.com/printer/refurbished-hp-laserjet-2100.php
http://www.printertechs.com/printer/refurbished-hp-laserjet-2200.php
http://www.printertechs.com/printer/refurbished-hp-laserjet-2300.php