On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:15:01AM -0800, Michael Ewan wrote: > It seems there are a lot of sources for the #48 toner, is "decent" the > problem?
Many of those are "drill-and-fill", without replacing seals and gaskets and streaky drums. After a second multihour strip-and-clean of my old HLPJ 4M, I also (like Galen) gave my old machine to younger owner. Besides toner, and slow processing speed, the 4M was a great machine - we used to claim that it could print tee-shirts. I currently use two HP4100N printers with duplexers, with one spare, but face a similar "crappy toner" risk. The risk is not as bad as my hp2605dn color laser printer, which has FOUR toner cartridges that can leak, and a fan that can suck leaked toner into the optical box. That is a two hour teardown and rebuild, just to wipe a bit of toner off the mirrors. When it works, it makes BEYOOTIFUL color images, unlike the Brother MFC-9440CN that I mostly use. The Brother is easy to fix and clean, but the images look like a child's crayon drawings. Sigh. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
