Need help with NEC 860!!

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I love my NEC Superscript 860. But when my original cart started to fail, I
figured I'd just trash the printer -- new carts were $129 minimum, and new laser
printers aren't much more than that. But then I saw a lot of carts being sold on
Ebay for $40-50, and even though many of them had expiration dates going back to
2000-2002, I figured I'd try to grab one cheap. ( I had contacted many buyers of
older ones, and they all confirmed that the carts were working fine).

Well, I got one cheap, expiration June 2002. Package was still sealed, as was
the cart in its bag. But when I try to print, the "paper" light goes on. Nothing
happens, though the hopper is in fine shape. Same thing if I try a manual feed.

I didn't realize that (I guess) it's the cart that actually grabs and pulls the
paper from the hopper (if I'm understanding it right), so that if the
toner/whatever in the cart is frozen, it won't grab and pull the paper. Do I
have it right?

I have tried shaking and rolling the cart extensively -- even manually rolling
the drum roll around (using the gears, not my fingers on the drum). But I still
can't get it to work.

Do I just chalk it up to taking a chance and failing, and go ahead and toss the
whole thing, or does anyone have a fix I can try?

Thanks in advance.
 
I don't know this printer, but I am not aware of laser printers that
have the paper transport as part of the cartridge, per se.

Something else is likely going on here. Maybe you didn't install the
cartridge correctly, or forgot to remove some tab or something that
interfaces with the printer to tell it there is a new cartridge in there?

Art
 
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