OT: Laser printer hardware maintenance question - ghosti

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 07:03P Sun Jun 02 2013, Kenneth Brody wrote:

> On 6/2/2013 5:39 PM, Jim Asman wrote:
> > --------------- Original Message ---------------
> > At 04:52P Sun Jun 02 2013, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> >
> >> We have a color laser printer (Dell 2150cdn) that has started "ghosting".
> [...]
> >> Does anyone have experience with laser printers ghosting, and do you have
> >> any suggestions on where to proceed from here?
> >
> > Have you tried replacing the yellow toner cartridge?
> 
> It's on order (I probably should have mentioned that), but I was hoping 
> somebody may already have had experience with such a scenario which didn't 
> require the toner to be replaced.  :-)
> 
> (Not to mention the obvious question -- "what happens if the new toner 
> cartridge doesn't fix it?")
> 

Yes, is this one of those printers that costs more to replace the
toners than the printer cost to begin with?

Assuming that the yellow cartridge DOES have toner in it, the only other
thing I would look at is how good is the electrical contact between the
cartridge and the printer. Maybe pushing it to the left or right as
appropriate.

But hopefully there may be someone else with direct experience.


Jim 
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