Same with me. And when I finally got to the solenoid, it seeming was fine...no apparent sticking. Not sure what else there is--my pickup rollers were also ok.
Thanks my friend. Solved the problem. Liked the way you played the sound of the initializing problem - it was definitely the problem I had. Don't know why HP would have solenoids with faulty foams that decomposes in less than six years when everything else on the printer is OK.
No need to completely remove the solenoid to do this repair, therefor no need to spend hours with disassembly/re-assembly. Yes, this video skips a lot of steps, but it is helpful in showing where the solenoid is located. You only need to take it down as far as removing the black plastic frame that holds the fan. Once you get that upper frame off you can access the screw that holds the solenoid. You won't be able to remove the solenoid, but you can maneuver it into position enough to be able to clean the sticky foam off of the surfaces with a small alcohol-soaked piece of rag or cotton pad and a pair of tweezers. The real trick is getting a piece of tape (I used adhesive backed mylar) into position between the contact points. If you leave it bare metal to metal, there's a good chance the metal surfaces will continue to stick due to magnetism and you'll be back to square one.
Worked for me! Amazing! ( I couldn't do all the disassembly steps, so I just got the one side off and carefully slit some painters tape into the solenoid, which was indeed sticking.
Watcher beware! He skips a LOT of difficult steps between 2:16 and 2:18. Its the most difficult disassembling part, takes WAY more time than the video shows
A lot of steps were skipped. I agree with S. R..No need to remove the solenoid. Removing the stuff to get to the solenoid is the tricky part. The combination of this video and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GYqwCPkA8jo.html and h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/LaserJet-Printing/Color-LaserJet-CP2025-looping-during-start-of-printing/td-p/7565827 did the trick for me. I ended up breaking off the power switch while putting everything back together. I just hot-glued the switch to be constantly on to solve that. Also, the front door didn't snap closed all the way after reassembling. I taped it shut. No more annoying initializing loop.
Thanks for that link to the HP site that has nice pictures of how to use a piece of folded paper to solve the problem. That's what I did on mine, and it works like a charm! The hardest part was figuring out how to remove the covers to get access to the solenoid. I found this other link on RU-vid that shows you how to remove the covers, although it's not related to this particular issue. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RA7XQCnjOA.html You only need to remove the right side cover, the top cover, and the screws to the right side plastic bracket. This allows you to bend that right side plastic bracket far enough so that you can put the folded piece of paper into the solenoid. This doesn't require removing the solenoid, or any wires, and is a lot easier than what the original video here shows.
Hello, can the system that detects toner be removed from the hp cp2025 printer? In my printer, the guides that move those mechanisms broke and sometimes it doesn't recognize the toner.
