Printer Making Unusual Noises is an issue that arises when you use your printer for a long period of time without proper maintenance. The inner parts of the printer need lubrication after a long time of use. These unusual sounds could really mess up with you if not fixed immediately. In this blog, you can learn how to properly grease your computer to reduce the annoying sounds a printer makes while printing.
Step 1– Take the ink cartridge out of the printer. Use a different cartridge. If the sound disappears, the cartridge is the problem. You can use the same cartridge, just follow the steps below to fix it.
Step 2– Take the gears out from the cartridge and lubricate it.
Step 3– If the printer making grinding noise when printing, the friction point that could be the problem is the drum pin. The rum gear rotates against the drum pin.
Step 4– Take the pin in one hand and use a cotton scab to lubricate the pin.
Step 5– The drum gears need to be lubricated too. Lubricate the inside of the drum gears.
Step 6– Lubricate the wiper blade of the drum with toner.
Step 7– Take the shaft of the rollers out and use very little lubricant to Lubricate the shaft of the rollers.
Step 8– The gears of the fuser unit might not be messing well which can be the reason for the printer making squeaking noise. If it is making noise. You can grease it to reduce the grinding noise.
Step 9– If the greasing of the gears does not solve the problem. Replace the fuser unit of the cartridge.
Step 10– There are a few gears inside the printer too which can be behind the noisy sounds you hear during the printing process.
Step 11– Lubricate the gears with mechanical grease.
Step 12– Paper feed rollers are also one of the rotating parts inside the printer that can be causing the problem. The paper feed rollers play an important part in printing. It helps to take the paper in and out of the printer.
Step 13– Lubricate the paper feed rollers to fix the problem of the printer making grinding noise when printing
In just 13 quick steps, you can quickly fix the issue of your printer making unusual noises. Following this guide, you can fix this issue with any Printer brand or model. However, this problem with some printer models might not be fixed. If you have tried fixing your printer and it is still making unusual noises, you can get in touch with Printer Touch, and our experts will help you with the problem. Call now before the problem gets bigger and even harder to fix.