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More info?)
John
I have e-mailed you.
Tony
"John Pezzano" <jpezz@myway.com> wrote:
>Tony,
>
>Can you send me your email address. I'd like to have you try something and
>get more info.
>
>John
>jpezz@myway.com
>
><Tony> wrote in message news
😛art1of1.1.H$ToGUQWjhdwKw@ue.ph...
>>I have a LJ1000 at work and I just printed a page full of "Unofficial Copy"
>>at
>> various intensities and all worked fine.
>> Running Word 2003 on WinXP Pro with SP2.
>> Sorry can't help further.
>> Tony
>>
>> "John Pezzano" <jpezz@myway.com> wrote:
>>>I have a watermark "Unofficial Copy". At normal watermark setting, it
>>>comes
>>>out "Un fi i C p " in Arial. In New Times Roman (NTR), it comes out " n
>>>fi a C p ". Slightly darker watermark and NTR gets the n, first f, c, a,
>>>C
>>>and py light. With even darker watermark and NTR, the n, first f, first
>>>i,
>>>a C and p are light. Only with black do all letters come out correctly.
>>>Toner is original.
>>>
>>>Note that the regular text on the page looks fine. ONLY the watermark is a
>>>problem. If I set the page text to be as light as the watermark, the page
>>>text looks fine. This is NOT a toner problem. Either the driver or Word is
>>>at fault but since it works on another printer, it has to be the driver.
>>>
>>>Its out of warranty so I'd have to pay HP for a help call. I retired from
>>>that company. I wouldn't pay them for a call.
>>>
>>>Anyone else have an LJ1000 that could try this?
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>><Tony> wrote in message news
😛art1of1.1.2HdbKtjVCRiAVA@ue.ph...
>>>> Hi John
>>>> I suspect it is a toner cartridge problem.
>>>> The one thing that does not make sense is-
>>>> "At the default setting, letters are missing. Slightly darker and
>>>> 'different'
>>>> letters are missing".
>>>> Are you sure it is related to the actual letters of the text or could it
>>>> be
>>>> related to the location on the page that the poor print occurs? If the
>>>> latter
>>>> then I would be almost certain that the drum or magnetic sleeve in the
>>>> cartridge have aged. The LJ1000/1200 cartridges have a tendency to light
>>>> print
>>>> especially if the cartridge has been remanufactured and the Magnetic
>>>> sleeve has
>>>> not been replaced.
>>>> If you can find another cartridge to do a test then that would be the
>>>> best
>>>> course of action. If a new cartridge exhibits the same problem then then
>>>> maybe
>>>> the transfer charge roller in the printer needs replacing. Another
>>>> possibility
>>>> is laser optics need cleaning but my first suspicion is the cartridge.
>>>> Worst
>>>> case is probably the DC Controller (quite expensive!!!). Let us know how
>>>> you
>>>> get on.
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "John Pezzano" <jpezz@myway.com> wrote:
>>>>>I have an HP LaserJet 1000 and Microsoft Word 2002 on Windows XP. When I
>>>>>print watermarks from Word, some of the letters are missing. Here are
>>>>>the
>>>>>facts:
>>>>>
>>>>>Problem duplicatable with no text - just a watermark.
>>>>>
>>>>>If I make the watermark fully dark (undesirable), then all letters
>>>>>print.
>>>>>
>>>>>If I make it somewhat dark, some letters print that dark and others
>>>>>print
>>>>>light.
>>>>>
>>>>>At the default setting, letters are missing. Slightly darker and
>>>>>different
>>>>>letters are missing.
>>>>>
>>>>>My DeskJet 5550 prints the same file fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>Nothing on Microsoft's web site addresses this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Nothing on HP's web site addresses this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Latest HP driver. Latest XP (SP2 all patches). All patches for Word2002
>>>>>
>>>>>suggestions anyone?
>>>>>
>>>>>JohnP
>>>>
>>
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