A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality text and graphics on plain paper. As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers (MFPs), laser printers employ a xerographic printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is ...
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Laser printer does not print nice grey parts
I have Samsung ML-2850 and I'm wondering if the quality of greay areas could be better. This is an example print:
As you can see, letters and black parts are pretty nice, but the part around the ...
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Send Email through sanono machine
I have canon advance running advance c5045 machine
I'm try to setup my machine to send copy of scanning items through my gmail account.
suppose when i scan any file and click send items through ...
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Loud grinding noise and blurred printouts on Samsung CLP-620ND laser printer
I have a Samsung CLP-620ND printer that has suddenly started making loud grinding noises every time it prints. It also blurs parts of the printouts most of the time as though something is smearing ...
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My Brother B&W Laser Printer - HL 2170W - prints dirty
Over time my Brother printer has started printing horizontal gray/black lines on all the print-outs.
More recently, it has started cutting off parts of the words on the left column on the page.
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HP 3700 compatibility with Windows 7/64 bit computer freezes
HP 3700 works great on my Dell Desktop XP Pro/32 bit. but when downloading printer driver to new Dell laptop Windows 7/64 bit, the computer freezes. tried pcl 6, pcl 7 and universal driver. none ...
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What is the name for this laser printer part, and is it user serviceable?
What is the name of this printer part:
and is it user serviceable? The printer in question is a HP Color LaserJet 2605dn.
FYI: The rip started really small, but I needed to print stuff for ...
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Health risks in using injket printers, pigment based ink vs. dye ink? [closed]
I know from the press that laser printers are suspected to produce health risks for humans because of ozone and emission of particles causing cancer, see for example ...
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Count total number of pages printed using Canon LBP 2900B printer
I have a Canon model LBP2900B. I would like to know how many pages I have printed using this printer.
I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium. I have connected to this printer through the USB Port, so ...
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Wireless printer going offline upon entering power save mode
I recently bought a printer, Samsung ML1865W, a wireless laser printer. It works very well, wirelessly until after a while, it goes to power save mode when the printer goes offline. I then cannot ...
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How to reset Fuji Xerox laser printer memory? (laser printers comes with fake toner level warning)
I'm printer newbie. I have 2 models of Fuji Xerox printer: CP105b and Phaser 3124
When using CP105b for hundreds of printing output, the black toner level warning LED blinking. I refilled it with ...
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Can I reset a Samsung starter toner cartridge?
I have a Samsung ML-1640 laser printer with the starter toner cartridge (that was in it when I bought it).
I also bought a toner refill kit and performed the refill. Worked great for 20-30 pages, ...
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How much does a square inch of ink cost [closed]
I work at a school where we often need to copy (xerox) short excerpts from books for the students (its all out of copyright). Some of the teachers are not careful to cut off the black strip resulting ...
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Getting ghosts images on HP Color LaserJet 1600
I'm getting ghosting (lighter repeats of images going down the page that shouldn't be there). Ghosts appears only when upper-left or upper-right corners of the page are printed. With consequents left ...
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Do samsung Laser printers enfore toner expiry dates?
Background: I'm looking at a Samsung ML-1865 printer. I don't print that often.
Do Samsung toner cartridges have expiry dates?
If yes, does the printer refuse to use "expired" toner cartridges?
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How to print high volume of pages with very little text?
I need to print a large number of letter sized pages. Each of these pages will have very little text (e.g. serial no.). I will be using a mono laser printer (probably Lexmark T654). The page volume ...
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How can I print to HP 3800 printer via wi-fi?
My initial idea was to stick a Wi-Fi dongle into HP 3800 usb port, but is it going to work? This is not the network version (HP 3800n). Is it possible to turn it somehow into a wifi printer? I need ...
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best all-in-one printer for the small office [closed]
What should I look at when purchasing a printer? I've noticed that there are inkject and laser printers - what is the difference between them? Is there a general guideline in purchasing a particular ...
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HP 2605n “paper jam” - doesn't feed paper
I have an HP 2605n printer and every time I try to print the paper doesn't feed and the printer says it has a "paper jam". I've taken out the pick-up roller and cleaned it off, but it appears to be ...
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Samsung CLP-610ND paper jam
At the office we have a Samsung CLP-610ND colour laser printer which has been the best printer we've ever used. After several years with never a paper jam a new problem arose where we get a paper jam ...
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Mac OS X - Printing too pale with laser printer
I just bough a brand new MacBook but I have a problem with my printer. The model is a Samsung SCX-4200 B&W laser printer. Actually, it works fine with text but as soon as there is some ...
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Laser printer without harmful emissions?
Laser printers, generally speaking, have a higher print quality and lower operating costs than inkjet printers. I've hesitated to replace the inkjet in my office because I'm concerned about harmful ...
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Should smoke/steam ever be coming from my brand new HP CP-1215 Laser Jet printer while printing?
Should smoke/steam ever be coming from my brand new HP CP-1215 Laser Jet printer while printing, given that there are hot parts internally?
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High quality printing small images
Recently I asked a question on TeX.stackexchange here. I thought using TeX, I could not print images correctly. I tried printing the same images in MS Word, the result did not change.
The problem is ...
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Brother HL-1430 laserprinter keeps giving paper error
This problem arose when I had plugged in the charger for my laptop. What I didn't notice was that the cord lay on top of the printer, and when I created a printing job, the paper tray got blocked, and ...
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Canon LBP 5200 on Windows 7 64-bit
Any chance of getting a Canon LBP 5200 colour laser printer working on Windows 7 64-bit ?
... or should I permanently close the door on Canon and their products ?
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What to look for in a good cheap color laser printer?
My old color inkjet is giving up, and I'm considering laser to replace it. There are several good questions about color laser printers, but none of them summarize the pro's and con's. So here goes:
I ...
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Printer installation
Scenario :
Four PCs on LAN connected to each other.
Printer (HP Laserjet 2100/M/TN with Parallel(LPT) Port and Rj45 female connector) directly connected to one of the PCs through Parallel ...
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Lexmark C532 error code won't go away
I can't get rid of error code 84 - Yellow PC unit missing. I've just replaced all 4 photoconductors with genuine Lexmark parts and now the error code keeps appearing. I've swapped the PC units around ...
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Why has my HP 6L printer suddenly stopped working? I cannot get it to start
XP Pro SP3
I have a HP 6L printer that has worked for years.
About 6 months ago I bought a new computer with no printer port and got a usb to printer post adapter. It has worked well since.
Today, ...
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Printer stops printing at page 138, every time
I'm printing invoices from quickbooks premier 2009 and I have around 300 to print. But the job always fails at 138. It doesn't give any error messages, the print dialog box just disappears. and ...
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Cost of running colour laser printers
Has anyone got a good list of the costs of running colour laser printers, both for colour and black that take into account different usage volumes.
E.g if the dram needs replacing after 20,000 pages, ...
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Color Printer: Laser vs Inkjet
I am about to buy a color printer. I had a B&W Laserjet printer in the past but since then I've used inkjets for decades. I need a printer that can deliver high quality as these photo inkjet ...
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Lexmark C530dn work around for “88 Replace color cartridge” message?
Any one come across this situation. I've got a Lexmark C530dn printer, its color cartridges are empty but I'm only printing in black anyway. In the past it would just complain about the color ...
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Can i put different “Brother” printer laser toner cartridge in different printer model
I have two laster printers
Brother HL 5240 - toner _ TN3145
Brother HL 5340D - toner TN3250
Now those twoo toner cartriges looks exactly same but they both have some plastic hanging out at bottom ...
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Can I use coated ink jet paper for printing with a color laser printer?
Can I use coated ink jet paper for printing with a color laser printer? Or does this destroy the laser printer somehow?
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Samsung printer (ML-1640) margin problem
I just got a new laser printer, Samsung ML-1640, and it has once again confirmed my experience that Samsung printers suck badly.
The printer prints fine, except that the top margin is set at random, ...
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Printer ate a sheet of paper
I tried to print a very thin sheet of paper (think magazine page) with my OKI c5400n, and it gave a paper jam error.
Now the page didn't turn up and I'm afraid it might bite me later.
I pulled out ...
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Why does toner always run out on the left side of the printed page first?
In every laser printer I have ever used, when toner is running out, it becomes evident on the left hand side of the page before it becomes evident on the right side of the page.
The printed matter ...
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What multifunctional printer has good support for Mac OS X? [closed]
I would like to buy a multifunctional color laser printer (printer, scanner, copy machine). However as I am new to Mac I don't know which brand has good driver support for Mac OS X.
I have connected ...
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HP Color LaserJet 2605dn color alignment issue
We have a HP Color LaserJet 2605dn at work that recently lost its mind. The red and blue colors are offset from where they should be and producing a rather trippy 3D look. I've performed a manual ...
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Print double sided and multiple pages on Ubuntu
I would like to print two pages per page, and both side of the paper (4 pages into a single sheet of paper). I am using a cheap laser printer (Xerox DocuPrint 203A). In Windows, the printer software ...
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HP 8150 laserjet smearing thick stripes on paper - what to do?
Our printer is printing dirty big lines all over the page - see:
I've tried pulling all the detachable modules out and wiping toner dust from all the visibly dirty bits, but to no avail.
Also the ...
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Are color laser printers good enough to print photos?
Are color laser printers good enough to print photos? Or they too expensive and produces low quality photos?
