hi everybody!

found an abandoned HP Laserjet 1020 in the dumpster. got it home, cleaned it and fitted the toner cartridge. it installed fine, prints fine, except the mess all over the paper (see pic).

now I haven't had to do with printers in at least a decade, but I seem to remember it's something with the thing inside the toner cartrdidge, so replacing the cartrdige should fix it.

can someone confirm this, as I can't really afford to waste money if it's something inside the printer. thank you!

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago*

Personally had a brother printer with issues similar but not nearly as severe. The toner cartridge had a rubber roller attached that had some gunk buildup that i carefully wiped away and then it came out printing fine

The toner is a very finely powdered abs plastic so you probably don't want to be using anything you plan on keping to wipe it.

Still using the original sample toner cartridge and drum like 10 years in

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