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HP Photosmart C309A
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I had an general error come up on my printer C309A saying I had an error with the paper jamming or print head. I ran all the routines to check if they cleared the problem but to no avail. Whilst shining my torch into the printer I could see some bits of plastic and when I picked up the printer I could hear them rattle around so I opened the casing to access them.

 

they were little gears and the housings which had broken off. See attached images

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this is the right hand side

of the printer

 

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broken parts (screws are from casing)

 

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 assembled it should look like this.

 

is there anywhere you know where I can obtain this part and fit it or does it need to be sent away for fixing.

 

TIA

Kwids

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HP does not typically sell small parts, you might try ebay to see if someone is parting out a unit.

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Thanks for this I have just found the same printer on EBay.

 

would need to find out how to swap the part over, do you know where I could get hold of instructions?

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