I just recieved this unit and replaced the drum and my prints are still coming with a blirr in the middle of the page ? What else could this be?
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I took all of my toners out & used a paint brush to lightly clean both sides of the drum... Also be sure to calibrate the cartridges...
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Hopefully by now you have resolved this problem. I would have said take it out and shake it, use some air cleaner and give it a good blow. Mine is perfect...............
499609
I would check your black and white print quality setting. When I had one of these, the lowest quality print setting would leave horizontal lines. The middle settings worked better. Another option that you might enjoy would be to smash your printer to pieces with the largest blunt instrument that you can find, because this is the worst printer of all time. Option 1 is easy and just takes a few mouse clicks; Option 2 involves cleanup and safety goggles. Best of luck to you on either option.
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remove, shake side to side, reinstall; if symptoms continue, then clean drum (mine began to skip and stripe...but after cleaning, it worked perfectly again), if all this fails, request an RMA and return; mine worked perfectly
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Hello Bansheer Briar, Thank you for your email. Usually it does mean that you need to change the toner. As far as the drum is concern, it usually leaves black stripes on the paper. For a better information, Please contact Brother support. Regards
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I had one of those years ago. It worked great...until it didn't. It developed a thick black line that ran down the BACK of nearly every page printed. I cleaned the bottom plate, the print head and anything else I could reach without disassembling it. (multiple times) I read dozens of Internet blogs trying to find a fix. I finally threw in the towel, bought a new printer and dropped the MP500 off to be recycled.
1361211
Missing colours sounds like a clogged printhead. As for the cartridge...I don't know why
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reboot your printer then it should release and re adjust itself. same for paper jam open back and remove paper incase.
817159
try running a print head clean with a new cartridge, otherwise you may need a new print head
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I am sorry you are having this problem. They are very handy little machines; the one I had before this one lasted almost 15 years. It sounds to me as though your machine is broken. As long as you are pressing the button marked Print, you seem to be doing everything correctly. You need to return the machine. Sorry I could not be more helpful.
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You probably removed the drum that goes with the toner when you removed your old toner. Reuse the drum with the new toner.
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Take the toner out and re-install the old toner back and see if you still hear the loud noise. if it prints with out the loud noise, try put back the new one in and see if it works. maybe it wasn't seated properly.
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Not sure, on all LP's? Could be Cartridge alignment as the further into the record the more distortion with misalignment or a bent stylus. Or the cartridge could be picking up noise from the motor, but I would think that would have been a problem from day one. Probably not much help, but if you changed the cart. recently this could be it.
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Assuming you get it from the same seller, I don't know, you'd have to ask them or look a little closer than I did and see if it says something about a warrenty in the ad. I probably should have looked, but I figured if the replacement print head didn't fix the problem, I wouldn't know whether I'd gotten another defective one or there was something else wrong with the printer. New heads are around $75, so I figured if this didn't fix the problem, I'd dump the printer entirely.
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It says to replace the drum for a long time then it won't go until you replace it. That's when I replace it. And you can reset drum on the menu. But I've heard if you let the drum go too long you will be buying a printer...
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I got the 1 drum & 1 toner cartridge. The drum made such a horrible noise I was afraid it was going to damage my printer, and the toner only lasted through 1 ream of paper !!
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It's probably the drum that needs to be cleaned. Every printer is different so you may want to ask a repair shop or Yahoo/Google it on how to do it? Edit: You also have to clean the "corona wire" on the cartridge, just slide the tab across the wire several times, every time you replace the cartridge or when streaks happen from what i've read also.
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The error is something I faced and wrote in my review of how to fix it. The problem is caused by miscontact with the reset board and the printer, which is mainly due to the plastic dots holding the board in place. If you feel the dots and notice one or more protruding, then just take a small file, or use your finger to scrape off the protruded plastic. After that, all should work fine.