HP-2673A printer

[Paul Berger (Canada)]

Does it make a clicking noise as it prints? These printers have a solenoid that separates the print head from the paper when it is indexing, so every time it does a line feed it should click, it may be that this solenoid is not operating or is gummed up. You probably won't find the location in the service guide as it seems that the print mechanism was replaced as a unit.

As for the skip on power have you checked to see what is set in the power on configuration? Auto-page mode seems like it might cause that.