HP LaserJet 1300 white marks on printout

[Guest]

Quite well used printer producing white splodges (unprinted area) on print outs sent from computer.

But the test page (produced by pressing button on the printer) prints perfectly.


Somewhere I saw a suggestion that it's a mechanical problem probably at the laser that can be fixed by lubricating -- but cannot find that reference again.

Any ideas ?

 

[mciros1]

The first thing that you said ( That when you do a print from the printer display it prints fine but when you send a print from the computer it prints white splodges) That tells me that the printer is working and that the issue may be your file that you are sending. Try printing out some more internal prints from the display and make sure that the print is fine then send a print from you computer and then send a print from let say a word doc and see how that prints out. It just may be a file or software program.

 

[Guest]

I used a Word document and XP's Sample Pictures and got the same splodges each time. A friend suggested it might be a firmware issue -- but I can't find an update on HP's site.

The printer was chucked out by a local firm, I suspect for the problem I've experienced.

I'll keep working on it, taking your helpful comments into account.