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Anonymous Posted on Jul 29, 2014

Why do I get bleed through of print on pages I print out at bottom of page or shadow print on some?

Why do I get bleed through print on pages I'm printing and some shadow printing on some lines?

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Paper is too thin (use higher "pound" paper).
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Toner is not of good quality (use HP Brand if possible)
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Printer is set to dark or heavy in your page setup (change to normal or even light)

You can also make sure you are using an HP print driver instead of a generic print driver. Go to HP.com and search print driver for you model, download and install (if you don't already have an HP printer driver loaded on your PC).

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 01, 2008

SOURCE: Print quality

Change the PCU cartridge.

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Anonymous

  • Posted on Mar 29, 2008

SOURCE: HP LaserJet 4 printing vertical lines all down and across page

sounds like your fuser assembly needs to be repaired. you can get the parts online fot about $40USD.

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harsha gayan

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  • Posted on Aug 01, 2008

SOURCE: poor print quality - top half page okay, bottom print faded and skips

check the wright cartridge model you installed and well pluged to the printer

if it is ok

try to change printer properties and fix it correct options with there tabs ( ex: paper, print quality etc)

all are well try to reinstall the printer driver

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 12, 2008

SOURCE: a pink line is on every page printed

This is a very common problem with this model printer, it is caused by toner on the scanner mirrors. You need to clean the scanner assembly unfortunately it isn't very easy to dissemble the printer to get to it.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2009

SOURCE: printer output has shadows, blurring, streaks, lines, poor color

Seem like blocked hole(s) on the color print head...
Most likely if there is a deep clean option then do it (may need a few times to unblock a hole or never).
Also get the printer physically cleaned up if you can see dusts inside (vrtical lines on color bars).

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