Well tryed a new method of fixing it, hovering the printhead, it got mixed results so i decided to try a 5 pound lump hammer. Still doesn't work but i feel a bit better about it.

So i have now got a HP laserjet 1020 apart from the problem of getting it home in the caterham ended up strapping it in with the 4 point harness into the passenger seat. We shall see how it goes.