HP Laserjet IIID horizontal line on pages

[Andy Cuffe]

I'm having trouble with my hp Laserjet IIID (SX engine). It's leaving
a fuzzy think line on every page exactly 94 mm down from the top of
the page. The line appears black where the page should be white and
white where it should be black and is very thin. At first, I thought
it was the toner cartridge, but a line on the drum would appear at
random points from the top of the page and be repeated every drum
diameter. There's only one line and it's always in exactly the same
place. The darkness of the line varies, but it never completely goes
away. It doesn't seem to matter if I print just one page, or if I
print 30 without the engine ever stopping.

 

[Allodoxaphobia]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:11:44 -0500, Andy Cuffe hath writ:

I'm having trouble with my hp Laserjet IIID (SX engine). It's leaving
a fuzzy think line on every page exactly 94 mm down from the top of
the page. The line appears black where the page should be white and
white where it should be black and is very thin. At first, I thought
it was the toner cartridge, but a line on the drum would appear at
random points from the top of the page and be repeated every drum
diameter. There's only one line and it's always in exactly the same
place. The darkness of the line varies, but it never completely goes
away. It doesn't seem to matter if I print just one page, or if I
print 30 without the engine ever stopping.

A very good question for the folks in:

comp.periphs.printers -or-
comp.sys.hp.hardware

Jonesy
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[Andy Cuffe]

Andy Cuffe wrote:

I'm having trouble with my hp Laserjet IIID (SX engine). It's leaving
a fuzzy think line on every page exactly 94 mm down from the top of
the page. The line appears black where the page should be white and
white where it should be black and is very thin. At first, I thought
it was the toner cartridge, but a line on the drum would appear at
random points from the top of the page and be repeated every drum
diameter. There's only one line and it's always in exactly the same
place. The darkness of the line varies, but it never completely goes
away. It doesn't seem to matter if I print just one page, or if I
print 30 without the engine ever stopping.

I'm starting to think that my printer is having a problem transferring
all the toner to the paper. I've noted that recently, I've have
problems with the waste toner collection compartment filling up well
before the toner runs out. Also, the drums of most of the cartridges
I've tried in it quickly become coated with toner. Shouldn't the vast
majority of the toner on the drum be transferred to the paper leaving
only a small trace for the cleaning blade to wipe off?
--
Andy Cuffe
baltimora@psu.edu