On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:43:07 -0400, "TomR" wrote:
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Emran M. typed:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:33:08 -0400, FrozenNorth wrote:
True, but also try a new toner cartridge, just to make sure, and
that is the easiest rotating bit to replace.
But there is no toner in the case of scanning a photo.
1. I put the photo in the scanner slot
(the HP LaserJet 3200m is not a flatbed)
2. I bring up IrfanView on Windows & select
IrfanView: File Acquire/Batch Scanning
3. That scans the photo into the computer but the
result is horizontal streaks (perpendicular to the direction
of the paper flow).
The glass plate inside is about 9 or 10 inches wide and 3/4 inch tall
and I cleaned it before asking you what the problem was.
I don't see anything else inside that "sees" the photo other than
that paper-width wide strip of 3/4-inch wide glass.
The conundrum is that the streaks are in the opposite direction
as anything that touches the photo (the rollers roll in the vertical
direction but the streaks are in the horizontal direction).
That enigma should give me a clue as to what the cause is, but
I can't think of anything that goes horizontally.
This is what the HP LaserJet 3200m looks like
https://www.tradebit.com/usr/manuals...Mservman01.jpg
The manual is 10 dollars
https://www.tradebit.com/filedetail....service-repair
I have al Brother printers and faxes and their service and support seem
pretty good.
When I search for help on your HP Laserjet 3200, the HP support site seems
almost useless. Not a good sign. (Incidentally, I recently bought two HP
desktop computers, and I am amazed at how crappy they turned out to be --
just weird little stuff like the crappiest keyboard and mouse that I have
ever seen, no indicator light to show that the hard rive is working, a hokey
vertically mounted cd/dvd drive, etc. But, the computers were cheap, so I
guess I got what I paid for).
Meanwhile, my Brother printers say that when there is a vertical streak
running down the page, I need to open it up and wipe clean the narrow piece
of glass inside that "sees"/"reads" the document. If it is horizontal
lines, spaced 3.7 inches apart, it could mean a new drum is needed, or do
the wire slide trick they tell you about in the Brother documents.
And, I can go online and get any Brother manual without having to pay for
it.
Anyway, here's one HP link that might help, but it is worded poorly and I am
not sure what it means you are supposed to do:
https://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/... na-c04038806
By and large, current HP product is pretty well all JUNK. Some of
their pro products are reasonable quality - but by almost any measure
- over-priced. A well used 10 year old HP printer is very likely to
outlast any of their current brand new product.