OT laser printer question

When you say grainy printouts, is the actual text on the paper rough feeling or do you mean the actual image of for instance the letter A doesn't look solid, but looks like its done in a Draft Mode? If its the physical letters on the paper, if they are lumpy or if they are smearing if touched then your High Voltage power supply board is starting to fail. If its the actual look of the letters, they look draft mode, it could be a setting of the printer, just the preferences - advanced settings to see what the default mode is, set it back to normal, also check the RET setting as well. If the settings look correct, try doing a text printout from the control panel directly on the printer to rule out an OS issue. If the printout still looks poor, it is possible that the laser assembly may be going and usually it is recommended to replace the HV power supply board as well if you replace the laser assembly. Curt Dan Williams wrote: