Jamie wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote:
"me" wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
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From service manual;


Table 7-17 Random Horizontal Black Lines


Possible Cause Action


Laser/Scanning Assembly Replace the Laser/Scanner Assembly.
misaligned or damaged.


DC Controller PCA Replace the DC Controller PCA


Thanks for the confirmation of my intuitive analysis.

It's a simple fix -- but who knows what it will cost?


You want my 2 cents worth?
It's convenient how HP was able to print an exact fault that would
point to a component that's not intended for the basic user to correct
and local supplier to have..

This only tells me that some where along the line the flaw was found
and the instruction manual updated until the end of production of that
version..

Simply solution. Buy a new Laser printer of a different model.

When you consider how many of these things are out there, probably every
thing that 'can' go wrong with them 'has' gone wrong. Why wouldn't
there be symptom/cause info available? Further, the engine in these
printers are very similar to others.

That said, my HP 3200m's (two of them) have a model specific, known,
fault which reared it's ugly head even before I got them. I spent $25
on phone support and they sent me two new BIOS cards Next Day Air for no
additional charge. However, now several years later, one is showing the
same symptoms as before. So far, I can cycle power and clear the '79
Service Error' condition, but I expect when it finally won't go away
I'll look for a new printer/fax/copier/scanner unit.

They've been pretty good to me, considering the investment of around
$125 for two.

jak