The hell is going on?!

[X-13]

One of our printers is being a butt. It'll stop printing properly, the demo page varying degrees of bad, but it isn't consistent.

 

In a multiple page document, one page will be fine but the next one will be squashed.

 

Colour [demo] page:

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23045[/ATTACH]

 

Text only [page 1]:

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23046[/ATTACH] This is supposed to look similar to page 2.

 

 

Text only [page 2]:

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23047[/ATTACH]

 

 

These were all done from the printer menu itself, so it isn't a case of a dodgy cable [as I've seen suggested other places]

 

I've tried recalibrating but it doesn't help.

[abillybob]

Errrr.... At least it's printing ..

[SHimmer45]

paper pick up/clutching system slipping.

the iffy colour output can be a sign of a faulty/worn photoconductor on the colour toner

[X-13]

paper pick up/clutching system slipping.

 

I would have thought that would make the output shift down the page, instead of compressing it into the middle. [it's ALWAYS the middle...]

[john]

I would have thought that would make the output shift down the page, instead of compressing it into the middle. [it's ALWAYS the middle...]

 

Depends where / when its slipping on the cycle round I'd guess maybe?

[X-13]

Depends where / when its slipping on the cycle round I'd guess maybe?

 

hmm... Looks like it's time for a printer autopsy.

[FishCustard]

hmm... Looks like it's time for a printer autopsy.

 

Those are always great fun. I've got one with some sticky label stuck to a paper roller at the moment - not sure exactly how I'm going to get the thing apart to remove it...