From: Al Dykes on

I have an HP 3055 AiO and the printer does intermittent fading along
one side of the paper. A new cart and shaking up the cart don't solve
the problem.

The status report says that it has printed 20k pages.

Is this a fuser issue?

I can find the p/n, RM1-3044-000CN but I can' find an online hardware
manual. Is this a customer-replaceable item?

Thanks,

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Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

From: Bob Headrick on
"Al Dykes" <adykes(a)panix.com> wrote in message
news:g9hbvh$hnb$1(a)panix5.panix.com...
>
> I have an HP 3055 AiO and the printer does intermittent fading along
[snip]

> I can find the p/n, RM1-3044-000CN but I can' find an online hardware
> manual. Is this a customer-replaceable item?

I would suspect so as it is listed as available for mere mortals at HP's
parts (as opposed to authorized service providers only) site at
http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/default.asp?ord_site=C&cc=US&lang=EN&PartNumber0=RM1-3044-000CN&PartQty0=1

I am not familiar with the 3055 and do not know whether it would solve the
problem or how difficult it might be to install. With luck Tony will
respond to your query.

Regards,
Bob Headrick


From: Tony on
adykes(a)panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>I have an HP 3055 AiO and the printer does intermittent fading along
>one side of the paper. A new cart and shaking up the cart don't solve
>the problem.
>
>The status report says that it has printed 20k pages.
>
>Is this a fuser issue?
>
>I can find the p/n, RM1-3044-000CN but I can' find an online hardware
>manual. Is this a customer-replaceable item?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Al Dykes
> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

Most probably a fuser issue, when you say intermittent are you referring to a
problem on some but not all pages or every page but in parts down the page?
What is the precise distance between the start of the first fade and the start
of the second fade? That will help to identify the problem.
The fuser is not actually very easy to replace in this printer, I don't have
the manual for this model but a manual for a similar model is available at
http://www.feedroller.com/Store/hp_manuals.php
Select the LaserJet 3015 3020 3030 all in 1 sm MFP.pdf document. Not identical
but similar.
Tony
MS MVP Printing Image

From: Al Dykes on
In article <part1of1.1.QB43Vlo$SFaUOw(a)ue.ph>,
Tony <tonythebengaltiger(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>adykes(a)panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>>I have an HP 3055 AiO and the printer does intermittent fading along
>>one side of the paper. A new cart and shaking up the cart don't solve
>>the problem.
>>
>>The status report says that it has printed 20k pages.
>>
>>Is this a fuser issue?
>>
>>I can find the p/n, RM1-3044-000CN but I can' find an online hardware
>>manual. Is this a customer-replaceable item?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>--
>>Al Dykes
>> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
>> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail
>
>Most probably a fuser issue, when you say intermittent are you referring to a
>problem on some but not all pages or every page but in parts down the page?
>What is the precise distance between the start of the first fade and the start
>of the second fade? That will help to identify the problem.
>The fuser is not actually very easy to replace in this printer, I don't have
>the manual for this model but a manual for a similar model is available at
>http://www.feedroller.com/Store/hp_manuals.php
>Select the LaserJet 3015 3020 3030 all in 1 sm MFP.pdf document. Not identical
>but similar.
>Tony
>MS MVP Printing Image


The fade is along the left side of the page and of varying width.
Shaking up the cart seems to fix it for a few pages, but it's getting
worse.

I'm using genuine HP cartridges, here.

When it began to fade, I put in a new cart, It was OK for a couple
hundred pages and it came back while I was away. Someone put in a
second new cartridge (not unreasonable for that person to do, not
knowing the recent history of cartridge replacement.). It didn't fix
the problem.


--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail