RootbrianMar 16
skua

Looking for electronics repair of a Brother monochrome laser MFC printer in Perth, Western Australia.

Hobbyist or professional.

It won't switch on.

MFC-L5755DW

DM me if they're your secret repairer.

Prefered locations: Near Kwinnana freeway, Nth Pth, Como, Freo, Cockburn areas. But Mitchell freeway, Bentley ... oh anywhere.

#Electronics #Repair #ElectronicsRepair
#Perth #WesternAustralia #BrotherPrinter

Mar 15 at 9:43pmMastodon for Android
Show threadkauerMar 15

@skua Basic troubeshooting done?

- check power is switched on at wall

- check wall socket using a known working appliance such as a desklamp

- fully unplug and re-plug the power cable at both ends

- check power cable with a known-working appliance (or replace power cable with one from a known-working appliance)

- for laser printers specifically: Make sure there are no paper jams and that all doors and covers are closed, remove and re-insert toner and drum. Shouldn't make a difference, but sometimes it does anyway.

- some laser printers have a resettable fuse, generally near the power connection. Read the manual, reset the fuse if you can.

And before you scoff, the above fixes about 80% of all "it won't turn on" issues. No-one is immune, it has nothing to do with experience or skill 🙂

Show threadnick 🇦🇺Mar 15
@kauer @skua Yeah, it happened to my mother in law last year. Printer wouldn't turn on and she was looking into getting a replacement. I was visiting a couple of days latter and when checking it out discovered that the power cord had been dislodged from the powerboard, presumably while vacuuming since she can't bend down that low.
Show threadskuaMar 15
@kauer
Thanks. Will try them all out today.
Show threadAlistair KMar 15

@kauer @skua one of my first callout jobs as a Saturday morning tech during my high school years was to fix a printer that had ceased working following an office reorganisation. Amidst the many power cords, I found it – not plugged in.

Another callout was to fix a fax machine that had started refusing to accept the paper. Turned out that it had two slots, both a blind one which looked like the infeed, and the other of which was the actual infeed. All it takes is for the paper to run out when no one's looking and, as there's no paper left to communicate what previously worked, the machine design wordlessly tells you to do the wrong thing.

Show threadnickMar 15
@skua hey just mentioning my colour version of the same thing did the same thing just needed a reset which you can do by leaving it unplugged for several minutes, then holding down the power button before you plug it in and keeping it held down for several seconds until it wakes up.