kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kelly Thompson) (06/18/91)
I thought I'd summarize the replies I got concerning streaky output from the
NeXT Laser printer. They generally fell into three areas:
1) Expect bad output if you are using recycled cartridges
2) Clean the thing you idiot! I was told (always very politely) that, like all
laser printers, it needs to be cleaned to keep it performing well.
3) Many people suggested this one: take out the cartridge and shake it from
side to side to redistribute the toner.
Most of the messages said their output was excellent when the printer was well
maintained. I only had one other person say that their printer wasn't perfoming
up to snuff:
>To: kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca
>Subject: My NeXT laser streaks, too
>Status: RO
>>I only have access to one NeXT laser printer here on campus, and the output
>>is streaky. Is this a common problem. It didn't really live up to my
> ^^^^^^^
>>expectations of what 400dpi output should look like.
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>My NeXT laser printer is very streaky as well. My wife and I have
>only had our NeXTStation since April, and I am a bit disappointed
>with the printer. A few days ago, I fiered off a letter to our
>campus rep detailing the problem, but I haven't heard anything
>from him.
>On my printer, it seems like after every 50-60 pages a light band
>appears on the right hand side of the page. If I take the toner
>catridge out and shake it up, it will cure the problem, but onky
>for another 50-60 pages.... Also, blacks print out very badly
>streaked. I use SoftPC and print screen images and they don't
>look very good at all.
>Alas, I don't know the answer. It seems to me that something is
>not quite right with the printer. I don't know if it is the
>paper, toner, or the printer itself.
>Another streaky NeXT laser user,
>Hubert Hickman
>hickman@fergvax.unl.edu
According to what everyone else claimed, I think Mr. Hickman could have
bumb printer if everything else has been done --ie cleaning, shaking, etc.
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Kelly Thompsonmikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) (06/18/91)
From NeXT Laser follow-up article >On my printer, it seems like after every 50-60 pages a light band >appears on the right hand side of the page. If I take the toner >catridge out and shake it up, it will cure the problem, but onky >for another 50-60 pages.... Also, blacks print out very badly >streaked. I use SoftPC and print screen images and they don't >look very good >Another streaky NeXT laser user, >Hubert Hickman >hickman@fergvax.unl.edu I spoke to a copier-expert, and showed him similar output from my NeXT Laser Printer (the light band on the right side). He took one look at it and said that the culprit is a dirty corona wire. Since the corona wire on a Canon SX laser printer is in the EPS toner cartridge, it can vary from cartridge to cartridge. I believe that the recycled cartridges could fall into this category, although in my case the toner was brand new. You can manually clean the corona wire. I believe the instructions for doing so are in the NeXT Users Manual. MikeC -- --------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland ---------------------------------------------------------