> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, John Meissen wrote: > > > I had an HP2605DN color printer that suffered that problem (and an > > Internet search will show that I wasn't alone). Over time the print > > quality would seriously degrade because toner dust would coat the internal > > mirrors. After messing with that process twice I took the printer to the > > recycler and vowed to never buy another HP laser printer. > > My LJ5 (purchased 1997) still works fine. Portland Printer Place gave it a > thorough cleaning a few years ago and that's all it needed. The color laster > 2550C has gone bad, but the b/w LJ5 is great.
The LJ4, and LJ5 are near bullet proof sans a few rubber parts that go hard after time. Colour lasers of all vendors have the complexity leads to failure problems :-(. -- Rod Grimes [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
