HP-97 Printer Malfunction

[Jonas Sandstedt]

Thanks for all advise. When the printer attempts to print nothing happens except the faint whining sound from somewhere in the printer assembly that starts. While the whining sound is there, I can manually turn the motor, so the motor is not energized at this stage. As soon as the printhead has been manually moved a small distance by my turning of the motor, the motor is energized, returning the printhead to the rest position, and the whining sound dispappears. The motor is thus not energized for forward motion, only for return motion. The seller said that the printer had worked OK for all years.