Posted by Rhonda Skansi on 12/14/10 6:17pm
Msg #365028
black lines.... printer troubleshooting
My HP Laserjet 4250dtn is just starting to print black lines.....on some pages. its not consistent, but I must need to change something or order a part?
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Reply by OR on 12/14/10 6:53pm
Msg #365033
Did you check the docs to see if they came with the line. Or a piece of lint on the fuser. Or its the HP. I had that happen to me before.
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Reply by Rhonda Skansi on 12/14/10 6:54pm
Msg #365035
ya... its only happening periodically.... I just reprint the funky docs. it might be lint...but i think its the hp.
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Reply by Stamper_WI on 12/14/10 8:26pm
Msg #365042
Does your cartridge have that little slidy thing on it to clean the corona wires? try doing that.
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Reply by mwm143 on 12/14/10 8:32pm
Msg #365043
Time for a new drum n/m
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Reply by PAW on 12/15/10 2:10pm
Msg #365091
Drum is integral to toner cartridges on HP printers n/m
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Reply by Doris_CO on 12/14/10 8:56pm
Msg #365046
It could be the toner cartridge. Do you use originals or re-manufactured ones? Try replacing it and see if the black lines still show up. If they do, then it's the printer, if they don't, then it was the cartridge. On HP printers, I believe the drum is built into the toner cartridge so every time you replace the cartridge, you're replacing the drum.
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Reply by Claudine Osborne on 12/14/10 9:47pm
Msg #365050
This happened to me recently. I use remanufactured HP cartridges and the black lines were showing up on the edges of the docs. I feared it was the printer..But when I changed the cartridge it was fine..So now I know the printer is fine..whew!
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Reply by JanetK_CA on 12/15/10 1:00am
Msg #365058
I refilled cartridges on my old HP printer. The way I knew when it was time to buy a new cartridge and start over was when lines started showing up.
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Reply by Kendall Challenger on 12/15/10 2:16am
Msg #365060
Try scrolling through the menu options on your printer, that HP should have a cleaning mode. Run it through the cleaning cycle a couple times and that will usually clear up the problem, at least it did with my similar HP. The rollers are probably getting pretty gummed up especially if you've never run the cleaning cycle before so it might be worth a try.
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Reply by Rhonda Skansi on 12/15/10 8:35am
Msg #365068
Thanks
for all of the suggestions. I will try them all..... and see if the black lines disappear
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