Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Resolving Printer Cartridge and Toner Difficulties

Businesses and homes alike can't do without their laser printers, relying on the devices' rapid printing speed, vibrant color output, and affordable printer toner cartridges. However, if you’ve ever owned one, you're most likely familiar with the challenges in maintaining such devices, especially when it comes to print quality. Users should be able to identify potential problems to better respond to such emergencies.

If the printer produces a poor image quality, it can be due to dirty corona wires. Since laser printer toner cartridges contain powder instead of liquid ink, the corona wires emit a static charge that allows paper to hold on to the powder so it can be melted by the heat roller. The wires are usually located near the paper rollers and should be gently cleaned with a dry swab.

Meanwhile, your cartridge having more toner on one side than the other can result in pages with uneven print density. This means that one side is dark and the other is light. An easy trick to solve this is to remove the toner cartridge and give it a gentle side-to-side shake to redistribute the powder inside.

Additionally, toners could vary in their page yield due to certain factors. For example, complex projects that use lots of color will deplete the cartridge faster than simple black-and-white documents. For first draft documents, you can always lower your print quality settings to extend your cartridges’ yield.

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