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by davidlea

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Can anyone suggest some method to clear a phantom paper jam on an HP photosmart C4180 all in one printer. Printer defaults to this whenever it is turned on.

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by oh smeg

Or a Sensor has been either blocked or damaged when the last Jam was removed.

There are two main types of Sensors used in Printers Mechanical Ones which are Micro-switches which can either jam with Paper Dust or get bent out of shape and stop working or Optical Switches which can get blocked with Paper Dust and because the Beam of Light is no longer betting through the unit will think that it has a Paper Jam.

You need to clean out the Printer and look for any buildup of dust or other rubbish inside it.

Col

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