Re: Non-XYW question. Printer

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

> M.W. Poirier wrote:
>
> >  This morning it started to produce pages
> >  with a 3" wide or so shaded vertical strip down the left
> >  half of the printed page.

"M.C." responded:

> I use a HP Laserjet 4 Postscript and this problem, in my case, occurs
> when the toner is finishing its useful life. I suggest this test: remove
> the cartridge and gently turn it back and forth several times. This
> spreads the remaining toner through the cartridge, so that you can
> continue to use it until all the toner is gone. I hope this helps.

I think you may be right, but it's been a good while since I saw this come
up, so I'm not entirely sure. There are some parts that can go bad also,
producing visible problems of various kinds. The fuser comes to mind, for
example. I would hope it wasn't a case like that.


Jordan