A paper jam is when a piece of paper fails to feed through a printer or copier. The paper can be stuck or just loose inside a printer or copier.
Paper jams are classified as either late or stationary. When paper fails to reach a sensor in time it’s a late jam. Whereas paper failing to release a paper sensor is a stationary jam.
Common causes of paper jams are issues with feed rollers, issues with paper, or issues with settings. Broken parts also cause paper jams.
If your all-in-one printer is equipped with an automatic document feeder (ADF) they can jam. Similar to paper jams inside the printer portion, ADF jams happen on the top part of your all in one printer. When this happens you have to clear the paper jam before you can continue scanning or copying. It will…
If you own a printer then you’re going to experience a paper jam sooner or later. On average a printer will have a paper jam once every thousand printed pages. Printer technicians remove a dozen paper jams every week. I’ve been fixing printers over 25 years and have removed at least 20,000 paper jams. Many…
As good as HP printers are they still get paper jams from time to time. Every HP printer I’ve owned has jammed. Most of the service calls I get are for paper jams. In my experience HP printers jam on average once every thousand pages. After clearing north of 20,000 paper jams I’ve noticed a…
If you own a printer you’ll have to deal with paper jams. Just because a paper jam happens doesn’t mean it has to ruin your day. Printer techs remove paper jams every day of the week. After clearing over 20,000 paper jams I’ve learned a thing or two. I’ll pass on everything I know about…
Paper jams go hand in hand with owning a printer. If your Canon printer has jams there are right ways and wrong ways to remove it. Clearing paper jams is part of every printer repair technicians job. I’ve removed over 20,000 paper jams in my career. Many of those were on Canon printers. Why Printers…
Inkjet printers present their own set of problems but overall I’d say inkjet printers are average difficulty to clear paper jams. Inkjet printers have a simple paper path but they aren’t easy to access. A printer jams from time to time. When they do it can be frustrating. Like any printer repair technician, I’ve removed…
Even the best laser printer will have a paper jam every now and then. Clearing a printer jam doesn’t have to ruin your day. When I sat down and thought about it I have probably cleared tens of thousands of paper jams in my life. Over the years I’ve noticed a few things that I thought I’d pass…
On an average week a printer repair technician will remove between 15-20 paper jams. It’s funny to think about but I’ve removed well over 20,000 paper jams in my career. I’ve learned a few things about paper jams along the way. Whether it’s an inkjet or laser printer paper jams can be difficult to remove….
I get service calls for paper jams every day. A common scenario is when a customer tells me their printer was working fine. Then there was a paper jam. They cleared the paper jam. Now the printer keeps jamming every time! This tells me a few things. First, since the printer was operational before the…
When your printer is not pulling paper it’s a frustrating experience. Any printer that uses paper can run into paper jams. I’ve ran into this issue many times and have some simple steps to fix this issue. These apply to inkjet or laser printers since they both use the same paper feed system. While this…
Paper jams happen to both inkjet and laser printers. They also happen at the least convenient times. The causes of paper jams vary. Any printer will have on average 1 paper jam for every 1,000 pages printed. While printer jams can’t be 100% eliminated, there are steps you can take to prevent paper jams from…
Printers jam because they detect either a late signal or stationary signal from a paper sensor. In other words, the paper didn’t move as expected through the printer. This is true for inkjet or laser printers since they feed paper the same way. Printer repair technicians are often asked why do printers jam? The most…
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