18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
2:28 p.m.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Mr Ian Primus<ian_primus at yahoo.com> wrote:
You should. Those are workhorse printers. And, for
reference, the "fuser flaking into bits" is a very common failure in these, but
more especially the 4200/4300 series. HP hadn't quite worked out all the kinks in
their film-style fusers. Something about the way the film wore over the guides causes them
to fail prematurely. At least with the 4100 you shouldn't have to worry about the
swing plate gear failing, that was a big problem on early 4200/4300's. Fixing that one
is fun, you have to strip the whole machine down pracically.
(I do a fair amount of printer repair for my job...)
But, let me know if you need a part and can't find it, I should be able to get it
through my parts supplier.
Thanks for the help. I was hoping there was a printer repair guru on
the group. I haven't done laser printer repair since the laserjet 2
and 3. I was pleased to see how serviceable the fuser assembly was.
Initially I thought they had run a transparency through and melted it
to the fuser. But it's just as you're describing. Pieces are coming
off of the fuser film.
The main problem I'm having is that every page jams right before it
enters the fuser. Does this sound like the fuser or some of the
rollers?