Question Can I upgrade this old printer?

[hmunster123]

This is a past post from a few years ago: I have a Dell 3130cn Color Laser Printer but it's not being recognized anymore on my HP laptop running Windows 7. I put in new toner but that is not the problem because it still won't work. I uninstalled the driver from Dell and reinstalled the same driver but printer still does not work. The printer does turn on and I don't see any error messages on the display, I also restored the defaults on the printer.

I have loaded the software a few times, and it will work for a few days then the computer no longer recognizes the printer, I've tried it on 32 and 64 bit laptops.

My new question is this: Can I refurbish it? It's a nice color printer full of toner. Would I have to swap out the motherboard, how much trouble would it be to upgrade, if it's possible? Thanks.

 

[Ralston18]

How is the printer connected?

USB? Network (wired, wireless), shared by another computer?

The described problem ("works for a few days") suggests to me that the connectivity is being lost for reasons unknown.

Are any other computers using the printer? Do those computers stop recognizing the printer?

Does the loss of recognition correspond with some change in application use?

Take a look in Reliabiltiy Monitor. There may be some error codes, warnings, or even information events being captured just before or at the time of the printer's disappearance.

More information needed.