The paper tray is impossible to simply 'pull out'

[George49y]

Product: HP OfficeJet Pro 9018 All-In-One Printer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-Bit)
HP Officejet Pro 9018. This was the model Costco sold of the 9010 series. The paper tray is impossible to simply 'pull out'--this is NOT really a 'Paper jam/feed issue'!!!!!!!. I constantly fight to get it our without breaking it. There was a 2020 problem submitted to this site, but that only addressed paper jamming and cleaning the feed rollers. That does not happen here. I think it is a design flaw but there must be some way someone figured out how to lubricate whatever it is that is causing the tray to resist pulling out.

Has anyone figured the problem out:?

[Elohi_NR]

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