My laserprinter: help

[Mr. Boyce 13]

I've got a nice laserprinter, and lately sheets coming out of it are darker. I mean by this that areas that should be white are kind of grayish tone.

 

What might be going on here?

[AlFansome 10]

A quick google search of "grey paper laser printer" brings up the following, which may or may not be of help:

 

 

From: http://www.poota.com/lpbook/10-chp10.html

 

Grey Background

If the page is contaminated with toner on the blank areas of the page the paper will have a faintly grey appearance. This is normally caused by excess toner because the print density setting is too high.

 

Most small laser printers have a print density control, either a knob or a setting on the control panel. Try reducing the print density setting to remove the grey background.

 

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From:

http://www.amazon.com/HP-LaserJet-2605dn-Printer-Q7822A/product-reviews/B000FBWL2O/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#RD2QKDFJHNBJB

 

This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 2605dn Printer (Q7822A#ABA) (Office Product)

Google the dreaded grey paper problem and you'll see that another common feature of this printer is that after a while, it prints a light grey background over the entire page. It's like the black ink cartridge cannot fully turn off. I'm reading thru the HP bulletin boards and it appears everyone has a varient of this problem after a while. Always after warantee.

 

Also note that the printer counts pages and will tell you that a cartridge is empty after a set # of sheets. Then the printer absolutely refuses to print another page until a new cartridge is installed. This happens when the cartridge is about 60-40% full. Everyone uses the over ride on the panel to get by this cutoff.

 

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http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t196162-cleaning-an-hp-laserjet-5-a.html

 

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100224125445AAgB7Kx