Laser Printer Lines

[ken]

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I am half way through a new cartridge and am getting vertical lines all the
way from bottom to top of page in the right hand side. Is this indicative of
needing a new toner cartridge even though it is not fully used up?

I have a HP 1300

Ken

 

[Clark]

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I had a 4500 that was printing vertical light grey lines with ghosting 6
inches below other type. It turned out to be the imaging drum. Check your
owners manual or go to HP's website and look for troubleshooting help. In
my book it showed the entire background to be light grey but that was a more
progressed problem.

Clark

"Ken" <Reply to NG only> wrote in message
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>I am half way through a new cartridge and am getting vertical lines all the
> way from bottom to top of page in the right hand side. Is this indicative
> of
> needing a new toner cartridge even though it is not fully used up?
>
> I have a HP 1300
>
> Ken
>
>

 

[Guest]

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There are usually a few possible causes of a line on a laser print of
the nature you mention.

One is a scratch on the drum surface. This can be caused by a piece of
grit getting into the wrong place, from paper or elsewhere. Scratched
drums tend to hold toner in that location which is then transferred to
the paper and fused to it.

The other cause is if the drum wiper black has become damaged (again can
be caused by a piece of grit). In this case, the wiper black which is
supposed to clean excess untransferred toner to a waste chamber in the
cartridge, has a slight damage in it, and the toner is moved and
redeposited on the drum where this gap is. The wiper blade is usually
made of a silicone like rubber with a sharply cut edge. On rare
occasions a piece of dirt can lodge on this wiper and temporarily deform
the blade, again allowing toner to get under it and redeposited on the drum.

If the drum and wiper is accessible, you can sometime very gently run a
business card under the blade and gently slide it down the drum to clean
any grit or paper dust that might be deforming the blade. However, on
HP cartridges most of this stuff is internal and not easy to access
without taking the cartridge apart.

If the cartridge was purchased new and is an HP brand, they may allow
you to do an exchange, since they use recycled and reused parts even in
their newly boxed cartridges. Also, if it is from a refiller which
guarantees the quality of the refill, you may be able to get a
replacement. If you had the cartridge refilled yourself using your own
cartridge, you may have less options.

Art



Ken wrote:

> I am half way through a new cartridge and am getting vertical lines all the
> way from bottom to top of page in the right hand side. Is this indicative of
> needing a new toner cartridge even though it is not fully used up?
>
> I have a HP 1300
>
> Ken
>
>

 

[ken]

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Thanks for the advice. I have decided to discard the cartridge and will buy
a new one.Luckily I always have a spare ready and that one is working
perfectly. It is the first time in many years of laser printing I have had
the problem so I put it down to one of those things!

Ken

"Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
news:dnMkd.146853$9b.48075@edtnps84...
> There are usually a few possible causes of a line on a laser print of
> the nature you mention.
>
> One is a scratch on the drum surface. This can be caused by a piece of
> grit getting into the wrong place, from paper or elsewhere. Scratched
> drums tend to hold toner in that location which is then transferred to
> the paper and fused to it.
>
> The other cause is if the drum wiper black has become damaged (again can
> be caused by a piece of grit). In this case, the wiper black which is
> supposed to clean excess untransferred toner to a waste chamber in the
> cartridge, has a slight damage in it, and the toner is moved and
> redeposited on the drum where this gap is. The wiper blade is usually
> made of a silicone like rubber with a sharply cut edge. On rare
> occasions a piece of dirt can lodge on this wiper and temporarily deform
> the blade, again allowing toner to get under it and redeposited on the
drum.
>
> If the drum and wiper is accessible, you can sometime very gently run a
> business card under the blade and gently slide it down the drum to clean
> any grit or paper dust that might be deforming the blade. However, on
> HP cartridges most of this stuff is internal and not easy to access
> without taking the cartridge apart.
>
> If the cartridge was purchased new and is an HP brand, they may allow
> you to do an exchange, since they use recycled and reused parts even in
> their newly boxed cartridges. Also, if it is from a refiller which
> guarantees the quality of the refill, you may be able to get a
> replacement. If you had the cartridge refilled yourself using your own
> cartridge, you may have less options.
>
> Art
>
>
>
> Ken wrote:
>
> > I am half way through a new cartridge and am getting vertical lines all
the
> > way from bottom to top of page in the right hand side. Is this
indicative of
> > needing a new toner cartridge even though it is not fully used up?
> >
> > I have a HP 1300
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
>