Apple Laserwriter 8500 False Error Message

I have an Apple Laserwriter 8500 with a very low (18,000) page count, that's doing something strange & which I could find no answer for in the trouble shooting section of the manual.
It prints small jobs (approx 1 to 10 pages) and then the paper light ("out of paper", not "paper jam") comes on, even though I have a fresh full tray of good paper in the machine.
If I shut it down and then restart it, it prints the test page perfectly, and then works just fine... until the next job. It has done this now for the last 10 or so jobs.
If anyone has any ideas what is causing this, or any idea how I can troubleshoot this myself, I'd be very gratefull.
I live in a remote rural area & the nearest Apple Store is over 3 hours away by car.
Thanks !
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Those memories are pretty cheap now. Can you get
another one?
Well, the EPOST tests check the memory SIMMS separately and I think those tests are passing. It's this separate and subsequent "general memory test" that's failing. Just in case, I did try running the EPOST test with the 32M SIMM removed (i.e. using the on-board 16 M RAM alone), but no difference, still got the same error result. So, I'm fairly certain the fault is in the main I/O Board itself.
On the good side, I did a search last night for a replacement spare I/O Board. Didn't find one, but did find a complete 8500 printer going on eBay UK, just an hour down the road from me, for £30 ($60), which is probably no more than I'd have to pay for a repacement I/O Board, so I bought it! From the pictures and the description, it looks like a mint example, so I might end up being glad mine has developed faults!
Mind you, I think I'd still like to fix mine, given that it is only the I/O Board (by all accounts), so I'll still be looking for a replacement for it.....
Nigel

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