Repair Your Own Laser Printer
Having a printer repaired by a service company can be a pretty expensive proposition so we’ve compiled a checklist below that may assist you in fixing it yourself.
Image Problems Most image problems are caused by a bad toner cartridge. If you have any streaking, light/dark areas or repetitive spots on your print, replace the cartridge and see if it clears up. This is common when using poorly remanufactured cartridges. Some recyclers don’t replace the image drum and they should because the original drums are only designed to last for the expected toner life. If problems persist after replacing the cartridge the next area to look at would be the fuser. The heat rollers can become torn or warped after a period of time causing an image defect.
Maintenance Kits On most of the newer printers, HP has determined the average life span of the consumable parts and has a maintenance message programmed in to appear after a certain amount of pages have been produced. The message will be something like “PERFORM USER MAINTENANCE” depending on what model you have. This is just a rough estimate. Some of the parts may go before this message appears and some will last long after. You can get a maintenance kit which usually contains the fuser, feed rollers and certain other high mortality parts depending on the model. The mac data recovery newer ones are designed to be user replaceable and don’t require a skilled service technician to install. It’s a good idea to have one since these kits will usually take care of most of the problems you will ever have.
