HP 940 screws

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Richard Steinfeld

My ex-wife gave me an HP 940c printer. It's missing two screws (the
button panel is a bit loose, too; probably something else, not critical).

The missing screws are located under the cover-door toward the rear;
they hold the upper part of the cabinet to the printer's frame. There's
one screw on each side.

Can anyone tell me what type of screws these are supposed to be? Is the
steel tapped or are sheet-metal screws required; metric or American?
Nothing in my screw collection seems to fit properly, and I've got quite
a lot of screws, especially ones scrapped out of Oriental electronic
products.

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My ex is very unmechanical. She gave me the printer with the vague
description: "Something is wrong with it." What is it? "I can't
remember." "Uh, what did it do?" "I think it made a noise." "What kind
of noise? "I can't remember."

I have worked in electronics maintenance, service management, etc.
Nothing is more frustrating, except for intermittant failures, than a
customer who comes in with a product with the failure description: "It
doesn't work." After hours of sleuthing, I've not been able to find
anything wrong with this printer!

Well, Du?--uu--uh!

Maybe that's why we are no longer married. It's more peaceful this way...

Richard
 
Richard Steinfeld said:
My ex-wife gave me an HP 940c printer. It's missing two screws (the
button panel is a bit loose, too; probably something else, not critical).

The missing screws are located under the cover-door toward the rear;
they hold the upper part of the cabinet to the printer's frame. There's
one screw on each side.

Can anyone tell me what type of screws these are supposed to be? Is the
steel tapped or are sheet-metal screws required; metric or American?
Nothing in my screw collection seems to fit properly, and I've got quite
a lot of screws, especially ones scrapped out of Oriental electronic
products.

--------------------------------------------

My ex is very unmechanical. She gave me the printer with the vague
description: "Something is wrong with it." What is it? "I can't
remember." "Uh, what did it do?" "I think it made a noise." "What kind
of noise? "I can't remember."

I have worked in electronics maintenance, service management, etc.
Nothing is more frustrating, except for intermittant failures, than a
customer who comes in with a product with the failure description: "It
doesn't work." After hours of sleuthing, I've not been able to find
anything wrong with this printer!

Well, Du?--uu--uh!

Maybe that's why we are no longer married. It's more peaceful this way...

Richard
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Apart from the fact that I have a box of these I can't tell you what they
are....however they are not critical, the cover is held on with four latches as
well as the screws and the printer performance will not be affected if you
don't replace them. The button panel is held on with a plastic clip which may
be deformed or broken, also (as you say) not critical.
Tony
 
But Tony,

If you've got a box of them, would you please tell me if they're machine
or sheet metal screws, and maybe how big they are.

Thanks.

Richard
 
Of course I will Richard, I just haven't been in the office for a few days.
Trouble is I don't know what thread they are because they have come from dumped
printers, screws and the like are about all we keep when a printer is past
repair.
They are definitely machine screws, not self tappers, and from memory are
Torque head.
Will advise next time I am in the office
Tony
 
Tony said:
Of course I will Richard, I just haven't been in the office for a few days.
Trouble is I don't know what thread they are because they have come from dumped
printers, screws and the like are about all we keep when a printer is past
repair.
They are definitely machine screws, not self tappers, and from memory are
Torque head.
Will advise next time I am in the office
Tony
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Thanks!
Now I get it: you must fix printers. I used to do with stereo equipment.
I pulled a self-tapping screw from an HP-850, so I figured that the
940 might be the same; after I jammed it in, it dawned on me that it
wasn't. Oh well, sigh.

It occurred to me that the housing is fastened to the paper trays, so
it's possible that if the housing is loose and/or mis-aligned, that
there could be minor paper feeding problems. Note that I don't know what
I'm talking about.

Richard
 
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