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Arthur thank you,
You've cleared it up for me.
Indeed it was the wiper I believe. The Lexmark cartridges for this model do
contain much of what normally would be handled by the printer including the
drum. ( hence their high price).
Having not had to fool around with a printer for a while I've forgotten many
of the component names but there was a rubber squeegee thingamajig that I
cleaned with a Q tip.
Successive prints are gradually improving, so though I didn't notice any
foreign matter, I must have unwittingly removed it.
Your posting has cleared up any concerns I had about the problem returning
and thank you for that.
jim.
"Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
news:TjQGd.99327$nN6.74327@edtnps84...
> Not owning a Lexmark laser, I don't know exactly how their printers are
> designed. By that, I mean I don't know if they have a separate toner
> cartridge, developer cartridge and drum, or some combination thereof.
>
> The problem you describe is often caused by some foreign matter getting
> stuck between the drum and the toner wiper, or a damaged or deformed
> wiper.
>
> Most laser printers have a silicone rubber "squeegee" that runs the length
> of the drum, and removes excess toner after the print is made. This toner
> is usually discarded into a waste chamber or waste bottle.
>
> If the edge of this wiper becomes warped, distorted or is lifted by some
> paper dust or contaminant, it can get lifted and a whole area of the drum
> does get cleaned off. Over time, toner builds up and ends up on the
> prints.
>
> I don't know enough about the Lexmark cartridge design to know the best
> fix for this. On some of my laser printers I was able to take a business
> card and very gently run it across the drum and under that wiper and
> remove or dislodge the foreign matter or get the wiper into proper
> position once again. On some cartridges, you cannot easily get access to
> the wiper, however.
>
> There are other possible causes for this smearing, including a fouled or
> damaged fuser roller, or the corona wire being dirty in one area, or
> excess toner spilling during the printing process onto the paper in that
> locale, but the wiper would be my first guess.
>
> Art
>
>
> JP wrote:
>
>> Since posting I've pulled the toner cartridge and cleaned what I could of
>> the drum but I'm still getting ghosting intermittently and I'm also
>> worried that the problem will resume if I don't know what's causing it.
>>
>>
>> "JP" <jpurvisno_spam@telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:sprGd.101525$dv1.65020@edtnps89...
>>
>>>
>>>I was hoping someone could tell me how to correct the smearing I'm
>>>getting down the length of my printed pages.
>>>
>>>There is now a two inch band of black running the full length of the page
>>>on every sheet.
>>>
>>>I can think of no changes I've made since the last time when it printed
>>>perfectly.
>>>
>>>I'm baffled.
>>>
>>>It's a Lexmark Optra R if that makes any difference.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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