HP P2015 printer fault.

[T i m]

Hi All,

I bought a s/h HP P2015dn laser printer a while back and it was fine to start with (however I wasn't printing any real quantities).

Then I needed to print a 200 page manual and after a hundred or so pages I found a grey edge appearing on the lhs of the page that over a few pages grew across the left couple of inches in the form of a mid grey margin.

Leave the printer off for a while and / or only print a few pages ... or more but just one at a time then it's as clean as a whistle? Now printing even 20 pages in one go sees the fault coming back.

I've ordered a replacement toner as a test (and as a spare, as this cart has 3000+ pages left in it according to HP Toolbox) but in the meantime I wondered if this fault was typical / indicative of anything specific please?

Cheers, T i m

[John Williamson]

Clean as directed here:-

's possble that last time it was cleaned, the person cleaning it ignored the bit that says "To prevent damage, do not expose the print cartridge to light. Cover it with a piece of paper."

You may have found out why the previous user sold it.

[T i m]

This is what the test page looks like after the cleaning cycle but the machine has been left on over 24 hours. I'll try it again in the morning.

>It's possble that last time it was cleaned, the person cleaning it

Would that cause this (possibly) random scenario though?

Quite possibly but I guess a new cartridge should sort it if it is that?

Thanks again, T i m

[The Natural Philosopher]

Now is that not a bugger up in either the toner - give cartridge a shake - or the corona wire..think there is a brush to clean that in the printer somewhere.

damp paper sometimes does that.

Cant remember exactly the layout of that printer, but there's loads of info on printer issues online.

[T i m]

I did the swoosh left to right thing.

Ok.

Hmm, not completely out of the question (I don't store my paper in any particular way).

I have Googled a bit but most seem to cover persistent and attributable faults (observed by checking the repetition of a pattern indicating an issue with the OPD, transfer roller, fuser roller etc) but I'll try again after confirming to myself that with a self test print in the morning.

Cheers, T i m

p.s. I've also referred to the 148 duplex page manual (that printed out perfectly ok when I first got and after I'd cleaned the printer myself) and none of the example print faults seem to tie up with what I'm seeing.