18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
12:42 p.m.
--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote:
I agree. I should just order one now. I was
hoping to get a lot of
mileage out of the printer anyway.
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.
-Ian
18 Jun
18 Jun
1:08 p.m.
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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:42:22 -0700
From: ian_primus at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Printer rant
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Brian Lanning wrote:
Hi Ian
There are two things I find are hard to get for my printer( 4si with
the NX toner ). I don't use mine enough to prperly use up the toner.
I find that the wiper blades and the PCR ( especially the PCR ) are hard
to find. The toner itself seems to be OK. If the blade isn't folded
over, I clean or replace the PCR it works fine for the
next batch of printing.
I was thinking, it might be better to get a large baggy and remove
the toner cartridge after each use and put it in the sealed baggy.
Dwight
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I agree. I should just order one now. I was
hoping to get a lot of
mileage out of the printer anyway.
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.
-Ian 
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?
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