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Misha wrote:

My friend is willing to give me his B&W laser printer:
HP LaserJet 2100TN

It still works but he says it does not print as dark as it used to.
Here is what he says.

Do you think, based on this, that the fuser is bad?

Here is what my friend wrote me just now:


Hi Misha,
Do you want my HP LaserJet 2100TN? It works ok but prints light.

Im guessing the fuser would need to be replaced if you want it to print
dark although a new toner cartridge might also work. The printer says it
has printed 37k pages and the fuser has a life expectancy of 150k pages
so there is definitely life left in it. I was considering replacing the
fuser myself €“ you can buy fusers for about $30 and they are very easy to
replace on this model. But it just doesnt make sense for me to invest
in this printer any longer

It has had the occasional paper jam but otherwise it has been great. It
has two trays that hold about 500 pages each, 24MB of memory, and a
Ethernet port. I still have some toner cartridges left but I dont know
how much toner is in them.

most laserjets that I've had had software (or at least a control panel
on the printer) to adjust all sorts of things. I'd suggest checking the
control panel and also checking to see if there is still a downloadable
driver/control software available