Brian Gaff (Sofa) formulated the question :
I agree, much better to take it outside on a dry day and if you have an airline - blow it out, but standing upwind of it to avoid breathing in the dust.
Not for B2236dw. And only genuine Lexmark cartridges, £85 for standard £125 for high capacity, for a similar model.
I'd stopped bothering, for mono lasers, although I do check out inkjets. I've had three ex-ofice lasers, all HP. One A3 (the duplex system eventually wore out) and two LJ5s. On one of them the "comms" board died and a replacement was more expensive than another printer, I forget what happened to the other. There don't seem to be so many around now whereas there are plenty of cheap home office models. This is the first time I have been burned. I certainly won't be buying Lexmark again (unless they turn out to be refillable, I'm waiting to see what Ebuyer say).
Interestingly, I can't post a review for that model on Amazon. They say something like "There have been a lot of posts for this model and now they are only accepting reviews from verified purchasers".
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. This is, I think, my fourth "soho" laser (two colour, two mono) and never had this problem before (including with the colour Lexmark).
Also, I think I'll be sticking with Amazon in future.
It may not be the same 'comms card', but I have had a few instances of the network card for my Laserjet 2200 failing (P/No J169 rings a bell). These have a Ball Grid Array chip on the from the early days of BGA fabrication. There is a common fault where the BGA chip partly loses contact with the pads on the PCB. I have had some success renovating these boards with the judicious use of a hot air gun and Al foil as a heat shield. The info for this used to be on the web; I haven't had need of this in quite a few years as the J169 as currently fitted seems rock solid.
I just pass this on in case it is of use. I am vaguely after a replacement for my
2200, of a similar quality and capability (duplex, network,...)J^n
My Canon Pixma IP1200 is quite economical, but I only print a dozen or so pages a year :-). I get 3rd-party cartridges from 7-day shop and they seem to work OK.
I found that I couldn't get the colours right with replacemnt laser cartridges. Many years ago I had an inkjet printer gum up with non manufacturers' ones. That was expensive since it was a specialised device with pin-feed. So, I stick to 'originals'.
There is a seller on E bay USA who supplies Firmware for $10 which takes care for Chip.
I will try finding his ID today.
But a second hand office printer is [probably being sold because it is an electron gobbler
TBH, when I looked at repairing my 2200 it was more expensive in parts than replacing it with a Laserjet Pro M402dne. Which is smaller and faster...
The Natural Philosopher submitted this idea :
No, the biggest improvements have been in speed, not much change in the consumption department, since they were forced to reduce the standby consumption of all devices.
So don't leave it on all the time. Even our ancient HP4200 has "instant-on" fuser so there's no need to leave it on to avoid warm-up time; and we are not so far gone as to turn it off while t'other's job is actually being processed. It's not like an office with umpteen users.
more likely that everything is replaced after x years for tax purposes/
I find eBuyer and Morgan both useful for bargains sometimes. YMMV
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fair point
That's how I persuade my LJ 5N to be power-efficient. It's 50W standby otherwise, battleship that it is.
Cheers - Jaimie
Even my ancient 90s vintage HP LJ 5N only takes about 30 seconds to warm up. Send a print job, power on the printer, wait for the spin down, power it off. Far better power efficiency than anything that goes to sleep at the rate at which we print - once every few weeks!
Cheers - Jaimie
Thanks, that sounds useful. I have a re-setter for the chip on my Brother Inkjet which (sort of) works some of the time. The third party ink for that is not particularly expensive (and works fine), what *is* annoying is that new cartridges start reporting as empty when still half full.
I'm half tempted to get another Brother of the same type that "leaked", since I have a couple of spare cartridges for that already.
For inkjets, I'm quite tempted by the "refillable" Epson (but I don't need one of those at the moment).
Nightmare.
I tend to buy printers from (or at least the same as the models they sell) City Ink Express, then I know I can get decent refils.
Been using them for about a decade plus, with no bother.
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