Laser printer problems
 

My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page messing up what
is supposed to be there.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are a
bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have started
happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.


--
Michael Chare

Laser printer problems
 

On 16/01/2019 12:15, Michael Chare wrote:
My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page messing up what
is supposed to be there.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are a
bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have started
happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.


Possibly you picked wrong grade of label stock

Too smooth by half as it were.

--
Karl Marx said religion is the opium of the people.
But Marxism is the crack cocaine.

Laser printer problems
 

Michael Chare wrote:

My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page

One supplier of 3rd part toners suggests "Gently slide the green tab of
the drum unit from side to side several times to clean up the corona wire."

Dell's troubleshooting section suggests using their toolbox to increase
the fuser temperature.

Laser printer problems
 

On 16/01/2019 12:15, Michael Chare wrote:
My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page messing up what
is supposed to be there.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are a
bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have started
happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.


I'd suspect the choice of label. The latest roll of labels that I bought
(not for printing) are distinctly glossy, they don't even take ball pen
all that well.

Laser printer problems
 

On 16/01/2019 12:15, Michael Chare wrote:
My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page messing up what
is supposed to be there.

Wrong sort of label stock that the toner doesn't adhere to is the most
likely cause - some have traces of silicone on the front face.

Something is worn somewhere that makes less good contact - I have two
identical Dell 1230CN printers (I bought a spare to get the 3 sets of
free toner). Towards the end of its useful life the first became more
and more erratic about printing onto challenging thick paper and labels.
Eventually it wouldn't print reliably on anything.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are a
bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have started
happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.

That will change when things wear out a bit more. Other possibility is
that the toner you are using is not matched to the printer and failing
to behave correctly when heated. Slippy labels is most likely though if
it still works consistently on equivalent thickness ordinary paper.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

Laser printer problems
 

On 16/01/2019 12:26, Andy Burns wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:

My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels
properly. Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first
time some of it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page

One supplier of 3rd part toners suggests "Gently slide the green tab of
the drum unit from side to side several times to clean up the corona wire."

Dell's troubleshooting section suggests using their toolbox to increase
the fuser temperature.

Thanks for your help. It also appears I can set the paper type to lables
which does alos help as well. I have lived in happy ignorance of these
settings in the past!

--
Michael Chare

Laser printer problems
 

On 16/01/2019 14:03, Martin Brown wrote:
On 16/01/2019 12:15, Michael Chare wrote:
My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels
properly. Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first
time some of it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page
messing up what is supposed to be there.

Wrong sort of label stock that the toner doesn't adhere to is the most
likely cause - some have traces of silicone on the front face.

Something is worn somewhere that makes less good contact - I have two
identical Dell 1230CN printers (I bought a spare to get the 3 sets of
free toner). Towards the end of its useful life the first became more
and more erratic about printing onto challenging thick paper and labels.
Eventually it wouldn't print reliably on anything.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are
a bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have
started happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.

That will change when things wear out a bit more. Other possibility is
that the toner you are using is not matched to the printer and failing
to behave correctly when heated. Slippy labels is most likely though if
it still works consistently on equivalent thickness ordinary paper.

I bought the printer 5 years ago. I don't use it very much. At first I
thought I might be using a different brand of cartridge, but I later
realised that was not the case. I was not aware I could change the paper
type to labels but doing that has made a difference. I always amazes me
how quickly google can tell me about people with the same problem.

--
Michael Chare

Laser printer problems
 

On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:35:21 +0000, Michael Chare
wrote:

On 16/01/2019 12:26, Andy Burns wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:

My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels
properly. Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first
time some of it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page

One supplier of 3rd part toners suggests "Gently slide the green tab of
the drum unit from side to side several times to clean up the corona wire."

Dell's troubleshooting section suggests using their toolbox to increase
the fuser temperature.

Thanks for your help. It also appears I can set the paper type to lables
which does alos help as well. I have lived in happy ignorance of these
settings in the past!

Yes, changing the 'paper type' setting changes the temperature and or
duration in the heated fixing rollers. When I print on envelopes I
have to wait slightly longer before they emerge.
--
Dave W

Laser printer problems
 

On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 12:15:37 UTC, Michael Chare wrote:
My Dell C1760nw laser printer no longer wants to print labels properly.
Instead of all the ink sticking to the paper properly first time some of
it gets left behind and then printed lower down the page messing up what
is supposed to be there.

It used to work properly. I used a different brand of labels which are a
bit better. How can I solve this problem and why might it have started
happening?

Plain paper is printed properly.


--
Michael Chare

Could you have labels that are meant for inkjet printers ?