Well if all else fails I would see if there is a glass slot on the
laser assembly (usually near the top/front, black thing) and try
cleaning that slot.
ST
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Brian Lalor <blalor@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:28:28 +0100, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
> wrote:
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>> Off-brand cartridges never worked for me, but the stripe could be bad,
>> maybe something on the mirror/laser assembly?
>> Try taking the cartridge out and shake it to spread the toner evenly
>> over the width, then print a couple of pages all black.
>
> I've shaken, rattled, and rolled those cartridges to within an inch of
> their lives! I'll give it one more go before giving up.
>
>> I also buy toner on ebay, with a little patience I've always found
>> genuine brand toner well below the normal price. This comes from
>> people who don't have the printer any more and stuff like that, expiry
>> date doesn't seem to matter but brand does.
>
> New 27X cartridges are around $125, and new 27A cartridges are about $100.
> The 27X goes for 50-60 on eBay with free shipping for an official HP one,
> but if I still have other problems I'm just throwing good money after bad.
> This was intended to be a cheap purchase... :-)
>
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