On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 9:02 PM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:38 PM Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I have an HP Laserjet 2600n printer. This unit is about 14 years old. I > > just put a new set of HP toner cartridges in not too long ago. It has > been > > printing streaks on the left side of the page and ghost images on various > > parts of the page for some time now. I thought it was related to low > toner, > > as a couple were empty. The new toner cartridges helped with the > crispness, > > but not the streaks. Now, everything is printing out light green instead > of > > black. The left side is kind of a darker forest green that blends to a > > kind of yellow green in the middle of the page, and back to a darker > green > > on the right side of the page. > > > > For most of what I print, it's not really a big deal, but somethings > really > > do matter if the colors are right. > > > > Still playing around, I just discovered it is a computer issue. My > desktop > > running Linux Mint exhibits the problem, however, my Windows 10 laptop > > prints just fine (well, it still has streaks and ghosts, but the color is > > proper). > > > > Now I'm really confused. The only thing that has changed lately is my > > network router, and all IP addresses have changed. Otherwise everything > has > > been the same for months. > > > > Ideas appreciated. > > > > Michael > > > > > sounds like you have multiple different problems. If the colors were off > when using linux mint, then that's a driver configuration problem. > Streaking and banding on the other hand is often due to foreign material > getting stuck inside the printer. You might have some dust on either the > feed or exit rollers (probably the feed rollers) that deposits dust/dirt > onto the paper as it moves, creating a strip of discoloration. > I find it interesting that the driver configuration would be an issue. I haven't changed anything in two years other than the IP address of the printer after a router change. Not discounting the possibility, just curious about it. Of course I sadly have no idea what to do about it. Ideas welcome. As for the streaking/ghosting (not sure the proper term), I don't think it is foreign material, as it is more like the print faintly repeating down the page. Especially something dense like a graphic or big bold print. It will repeat down the page. Kind of like the toner keeps the image on a roller and re-printing it on the next rotation. I print a lot of documents in landscape and bold titles seem to repeat causing more of a streak down the page. That happens regardless of which computer is printing, so I imagine it is a printer issue. I've done various cleaning routines with no change. Thanks for all the help. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug